Kuwaiti-British Poetry Evening in Al-Babtain Central Library

Al-Babtain Central Library for Arabic Poetry has organized a collaborative poetry evening with the British Embassy in Kuwait. The groups were hosted in the diwaniya in the library building and mixed and shared a love of their language and poetry. Both groups wanted to learn from each other the poetic heritage they share. In fact the evening showed that we have more in common than that which divides us.

Kuwaiti Poets who participated in the event were: famous poet Mr. Yaqoub Al-Rushaid, Mr. Ibrahim Al-Khaldi, Mrs Thuraya Al-Baqsami, Mr. Mohammad Al-Moghrabi, Miss Hawraa Al-Habib and the talented 13 years old Al-Zaina Shams. Performers from the British side were Miss Stephanie Fayerman who has been a professional actress since the early 1980’s. She trained at the London Academy of Dramatic Art and has appeared in many Theatrical and screen roles since, the wife of the British Ambassador Mrs. Sibella laing, Mrs. Joanne de Lange, Mr. Matthew van Grutten, Mr. Paul Harradine, Mr. Des Norton, Mr. Tom Harradine.
Guests have performed poems on six themes– Love, Children, War, Britain (country), Death and Comedy.

The evening started with a heartfelt welcome from the library director Mrs Suad Al Ateeqi and then Asma Jamal the information specialist in the library has presented the poets and launched the evening.