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Red Bull Street Style Tournament in Kuwait

Red Bull Street Style is the world’s most important freestyle soccer tournament. This year will mark the third edition of the worldwide competition.

Freestyle footballers will be showing off their extraordinary skills in a series of qualifying competitions to qualify for the 2012 Red Bull Street Style World Final in Italy.

Five qualifiers will take place in Kuwait. Al Kout Mall will host the first qualifier on April 6th, 2012. GOAL pitches in Salmiya, Jahra, Arabian Gulf Street and Al Shaab Park will host the rest of the qualifiers between the 15th – 18th of April respectively.

16 players will be chosen to show their skills to the jury on the 20th of April at the Marina Crescent at 6:30pm.

For registration call (+965) 66406020

Images courtesy of Red Bull Kuwait

05-04-12 | Posted in Blog | Tagged football, kuwait, sports, tournament | Leave a comment

Puma ‘Built for one’ T7 Track Jacket to be Customized by Regional Gulf Designers

PUMA is launching its ‘Built for One’ T7 activation across the Middle East as part of the 40 year celebrations of the classic T7 Track Jacket. The design project is a collaboration with regional artists, bloggers, musicians and filmmakers to design and create their own version of the iconic T7 Track Jacket at an exclusive workshop event in Dubai, where the select few will put their creative savvy to work and build a bespoke PUMA Creative Factory T7 jacket from an assortment of materials and fabrics. Some of the Regional Fashion Designers that will take part are Zayan Ghandour, Emperor 1688, Ezra, Furne One, Hatem Alakeel, Tahir Sultan, Essa, Michael Cinco and Alanoud Badr; who are all creating their own one-of-a kind interpretations.

The PUMA T7 Track Jacket was born in 1968 and has achieved legendary status by being worn by famous athletes, rock stars, b-boys and artists including football legend Pele, the Beastie Boys and Professor Green. The jacket is environmentally responsible as it is made of 100% recycled polyester; building on PUMA’s mission to become the most desirable and sustainable sportlifestyle company.

We can’t wait to see what those regional designers will come up with.

04-04-12 | Posted in Blog | Tagged designers, Puma | Leave a comment

Sotra at Riyadh Fashion Days – ستره فى معرض أيام الموضه في الرياض

Sotra, the brain child of the creative duo Mariam B and Nouf Hakeem, is one of the Saudi brands taking part in Riyadh Fashion Days. Check out some of their fashionable items and looks.

For more information on Sotra, check out their website or follow them on twitter @sotraboutique.

Sotra is located in Ana Special Mall, Prince Sultan St., Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Tel +96626915082.

04-04-12 | Posted in Blog | Tagged KSA, riyadh fashion days, sotra | Leave a comment

Fyunka Giveaway: Hanger Tote Bag, Makeup Bag and Notebook

Alaa Balkhy, the Saudi illustrator behind the Fyunka brand that we featured on Khaleejesque, has graciously offered to sponsor this week’s giveaway.

The gifts up for grabs include: the hanger tote, a kohl make up bag and one notebook of your choice from the 4 designs shown below.

Answer the question below to get a chance to win!

What was Alaa Balkhy’s first illustration that she designed?

A. “How many bags in the wardrobe?”
B. “Daddy I want a Birkin”
C. “So what now? I get another Birkin bag?”
D. “I like my money right where I can see it… hanging in my closet.”

The contest is open to all GCC residents.

Please answer in the comments section below. This contest will close on Wednesday 11th of April at midnight.

Good luck!

Note: One answer per IP address. If we see that there are identical IP addresses from several people, those entries will have to be disqualified.

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UPDATE: The lucky winner of the Fyunka giveaway is HAWRA Q. Congratulations!

04-04-12 | Posted in Blog | Tagged alaa balkhy, fyunka, giveaway | 59 Comments

The Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World

For book lovers worldwide, there is nothing more desirable than a big (or small) bookstore with shelves upon shelves of all sorts of books. No e-reader can ever replace the smell of a bookstore and the feeling of holding a new (or used) book in your hand.

Even though most of us book afficionados have embraced online shopping as a means to buy our must-have books, we still appreciate a well designed bookstore or library and can spend hours getting lost in them!

Here are some of the world’s most beautiful bookstores, as compiled by Flavorwire.