Digital art: Saudis reopen Ronaldo-less Real Imagination border for Qatar complete Super Cup in motion4 hajj pilgrims9 rout47 of Barcelona Min 32º Max 47º FREE www.kuwaittimes.net NO: 17309- Friday, August 18, 2017 Pain, grief as Kuwaiti martyrs laid to rest KUWAIT: Kuwait yesterday, amid sheer sad- Minister of State for Youth Affairs Khaled Al- KUWAIT: Mourners ness, bid final farewell to two prominent citi- Roudhan were among the mourners. attend the funeral zens and clerics, both victims of a terrorist Meanwhile, HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- yesterday of Waleed attack on a restaurant in Ouagadougou in Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah decided to name Al-Ali and Fahd Burkina Faso on Monday. The bodies of Grand two new mosques after the martyred duo to Al-Husseini, two Mosque Imam Sheikh Dr Waleed Al-Ali and pay tribute to them. Kuwaiti clerics who Sheikh Fahd Al-Husseini were laid to rest, as Speaking to the press, Ghanem hailed Ali were killed along leading state officials including National and Husseini as two leading philanthropists with 16 people in an Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, with a profound penchant for altruism, attack at a restaurant Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs extending his deepest condolences to their in Burkina Faso. Mohammad Al-Jabri and Minister of families and the Kuwaiti people over this —Photo by Commerce and Industry as well as Acting terrible loss. — KUNA (See Page 6) Yasser Al-Zayyat Local FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 2017 Local Spotlight Nurses’ remittances By Muna Al-Fuzai through exchange channels under the guise of remittances. recruiting agencies and placed nurses under the ECR The case came to light after reports were published in the (Emigration Check Required) regime so that emigration clear- Indian press about a private agency illegally taking money from ance through E-Migrate becomes mandatory for them for nurses desiring to work in Kuwait. Indian authorities began to employment in any of the 18 ECR countries. Six state manpower investigate the issue that ended up with the judiciary, as the corporations in India have been authorized for recruitment of case turned into a money laundering crime. The investigation Indian nurses abroad. now extends to the possible involvement of Kuwaitis, who may Besides Kuwait, emigration clearance is required for 16 other [email protected] have a hand in the matter. nations, namely Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Indonesia, Saudi The truth must be revealed. There is an agreement between Arabia, Jordan, Libya, Lebanon, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Sudan, urses are the cornerstone of the healthcare sector, but Kuwait and India to cooperate in the fight against money laun- Syria, Thailand, UAE and Yemen. The process of recruitment of unfortunately, they rarely get recognized or thanked. They dering. Kuwait must cooperate in this investigation and should Indian nurses under the E-Migrate system is easy and transpar- Nhave always been taken for granted and their silence taken not protect anyone if they are found guilty, even if they only had ent. Recruiting agencies in Kuwait who wish to recruit Indian as approval, because while we are busy addressing the healthcare a finger in the crime. It is natural that the ministry of health in nurses should register themselves with this system. situation, we forget about the problems faced by nurses. Kuwait denies these allegations, but this does not mean that the Nurses don’t get sufficient recognition, either from hospitals In 2015, a new case known as “the issue of nurses’ remit- issue should not be investigated, because the ministry is sup- or the society, so their desperation to land a decent job abroad tances” came up. The case is pending before the judiciary since posed to have mechanisms to follow up this matter - how it quickly leads them to fall victim to money laundering gangs. 2015, when the owner of an employment agency was prosecut- began and who benefited from it. I understand the Indian posi- These women who have paid a lot of money to get a job should ed by the public prosecution on charges of imposing financial tion and their desire to protect their citizens. be compensated when the damage is proven in court. This is the charges on Indian nurses seeking to travel to work in Kuwait and The government of India has restricted since May 2015 the recognition they should receive to carry on with their work of other foreign countries. They were forced to transfer the charges recruitment of nurses through a few designated state-run saving lives - including their own. Tasting By Athoob Al-Shuaibi sk Hessa Al-Baroud about color and her answers might surprise you: “Blue tastes sour.” Or “Orange and pink Amake me uncomfortable.”Most of us have a color palette or preferences when it comes to clothes and decor. But Hessa claims to experience colors in a way few can truly understand. “Sometimes when I try to explain food to other people, I say something like: ‘It tastes yellow, it tastes orange, or this bread tastes like a mother!’ The colors create a mood and give you certain feelings,” she told Kuwait Times. The youthful Kuwaiti baker has found a way to transform her experiences of color into a but was something she excelled in. “My passion for colorful business, starting her baking and decorating cakes has revealed a own bakery to apply her inti- whole new world of art. Moreover, it gave mate knowledge of color to me a purpose, energy to heal and the cakes and decorating. excitement to get up and run to the “Personally, I can’t imagine kitchen to create something new,” myself eating something that she said.“It wasn’t, however, until is dull or not visually appeal- recently that I noticed my ing. Brown tastes like choco- ability to taste the colors University of Toronto, and the Head of the Mental Health late and white is tasteless, of my cakes.” Unit at Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital. “For instance, some which is the reason why I can’t Even if we cannot individuals may be able to taste different colors, at least eat vanilla cakes or bake them. savor the flavor of colors that’s what the brain processes, or they may be able to You can tell from my decora- as ordinary people, they hear certain textures and what they touch,” he added. tions that my favorite colors certainly affect our are purple and blue, because mood. Our choice of col- New Passion purple is flowery while blue is ors reflects what we feel It’s unclear when Hessa first started ‘tasting’ and expe- fresh and tastes a little bit or need to feel. There’s riencing colors. In 2008, at the age of 15, she was diag- Hessa Al-Baroud sour,” she explains. nothing comparable to nosed with a chronic illness that effectively killed her Hessa experiences what is the color blue in the appetite. “I was literally in seclusion and was known as known as synesthesia, a perceptual phenomenon where one sense of calm and quiet, Hessa the ill person. But that wasn’t who I really am. I sensory or cognitive pathway can trigger secondary sense but who’d imagine that wanted to be more than that. So in 2010, I decided to find experiences. “We have five main senses: Hearing, sight, taste, calm tastes sour! a hobby, something to match my personal interest in touch and smell. Some people have links between these sen- visual arts,” she told Kuwait Times. sory brain organs signaling networks that lead to a crossing of Hessa started baking cookies and cakes, realiz- the senses,” explains Dr Mohammad Alsuwaidan, assistant ing this wasn’t only something she liked doing, professor of psychiatry at both Kuwait University and the FRIDAY 18 AUGUST 2017 Local Ambitious stop-motion and animation artist conjures up stunning videos By Faten Omar hen you stumble across one of Kawthar Bu Metea's reality-defying stop-motion vines, the first thing you ask is: "How in the world did she do that?" The 24-year-old Bahraini stop-motion and animation artist creates a world of art where you can paint with flowers, dia- Wmonds and even use plastic surgery tools to make Disney villains more striking! Kawthar goes far with her imagination, where every video tells a story of creativity and gives a different vision of traditional animation char- acters. Kuwait Times spoke to her to learn more about her art. Some excerpts: Kuwait Times: Tell us about yourself. KT: What were some of the challenges you encoun- could have executed an idea and what tools they used. Kawthar: I graduated from Bahrain Polytechnic with tered when making this change? Even by looking at bad examples, one can see the mis- a bachelor's degree in web media in 2016. Kawthar: Not all my ideas turn out the way I imagine takes and avoid making them. Throughout my four years in college, I was able to them. I sometimes spend a lot of time and effort in efficiently combine my studies with my work, demon- creating something that I end up not using. But this KT: What artists have inspired your style the most? strating that I am self-motivated and proactive when falls under the learning process and I learn from my Kawthar: I honestly can say that my style is very differ- working under pressure. I am currently a freelancer in mistakes. ent from others. But a few artists that I really admire are the field that I enjoy most - stop-motion, animation PES film, Pinot Ichwandardi and Meagan Cignoli.