Welcome to this video, I'm here with a Kuwaiti lady
yeah... Heera
Heera... she has a YouTube channel as well
' I Am Heera', you can see it in the link below
and I'm very happy to say we're gonna be hearing from a genuine Kuwaiti
5 things to do, maybe 6 even... 5 or 6 things to do and see in Kuwait, in this country
which you might not know about
so Heera
yeah
say some of the people watching this have never been to Kuwait, but they are coming
and they want to... they want to know what to do
you live here
I've got a rough idea, but to be honest, I had a pretty simple life when I was here
I was working hard and I didn't have a lot of leisure time on the weekends and things
so what... what are the best things to do... to see... the places to go in Kuwait?
as a Kuwaiti, as yourself... someone who knows this country better than anyone
where do you go on the weekends?
let's take like different categories
for example, if you want to go shopping, the best shopping like mall we have like, it's Avenues Mall
Which is huge... it's so huge
yeah
one of the biggest in the world if not the biggest
yeah
it goes on for about two kilometers
yeah it's huge
it's vast
yeah, and every time they expanded until I don't know to what... like to where like you know
yeah, and it's huge. And now they may be building even a hotel which is so good
so you stay in the hotel and you go down then it's immediately a mall
it's a hotel in the Avenue (Mall)
yeah
right... just in case you don't want to drive
so Avenues Mall for shopping
yeah
and they've got restaurants and all the usual stuff there as well
it's everywhere and you can go if you want cultural stuff where you can find the old Kuwait Market
and all that for sure it's Mubarakiya
Souk Mubarakiya
what does Mubarakiya mean? does it have a meaning/ translation?
Mubarak is something, like if it's an Arabic phrase, it's something blessed
blessed... okay
so it came from...
but it's a name as well, right?
we say like... actually my like my brother name
his name is Barak, which is a blessing
okay, and you can say it 'Eidi Mubarak'
like Mubarak Baraka
... it's like all phrases
but in different... sometimes get like different...
you can use it, depends on the sentence, you know
like Souk Marbarakiya
so what's Souk Marbarakiya...like just describe that a little bit
it's a cultural like market where you can find
also the fish market, you can find like the old Kuwaiti stuff like the
dishadasha which is what the men wear
yes
and you can wear like... you can even find also the women clothing thing called abaya...
and yeah it's reasonable prices even like it's not expensive
and also you can find like the old traditional food of Kuwait, like the Kuwaiti food
also all kinds of kebab, if you like above all that
what's a traditional Kuwaiti food?
like majboos diyay
chicken and rice
majboos dijaj? no majboos diyay
... and it's chicken, rice, sauce
and you can have that and also if you like meat and that stuff there is...
also majboos lahm which is the same thing, but it's all with meat
right
and yeah, also there is khubz raqaq is like a bread like a really thin....
...it means something really thin
okay
yeah, so you can put with it like anything you want... honey, or eggs or chocolate even, anything you like
yeah, you can have that too
so this is for the cultural places
I have one more question about the... you said the men can go and buy a dishdash
dishdasha
so what's the difference between a dishadasha and a kandora because I... I've not...
it's different... like phrase... it's the same thing
same thing right
but the cut of all the style we have we know like
the kandora has the thing down... is that right
that thing down the middle
yeah... It's like it's Emirati...
because it smells ofsomething
yeah, it gives the dishadasha a smell
okay
yeah
but Kuwaiti dishadasha doesn't have that
no
and is it... is it... which one comes higher up the neck, like on the collar? Is that the dishadasha or the kandora?
no, it's dishadasha
the kandora... they don't have it
it comes lower down... so it's just at the neckline, where as the dishadasha comes up there?
yeah, exactly
that's the difference and we just put like and we are in Gulf country, but we have different names for that thing
we call dishadasha... like Saudi they call it...
So yeah, so it's like different
that's interesting... okay, so we've got Avenues, Souk Mubarakiya...
yeah, and if you want to go by the seaside, it's nice like as this a scientific centre
and if you wanna go it's like also you can go to aquarium
you can also watch like IMAX movies like scientific movies
you can do that here?
yeah
in the scientific Center, in which part of Kuwait is this in?
it's in Salmiya
in Salmiya
close to the Gulf
it's like up in the east coast right? where... right where it sticks out a bit
it goes around and you get this nice coastline behind us
and also there's a new place... I really want everyone to go there
it's like a museum. It's also close to Hawally where... I don't know the old... shab park
like it's in... it's huge, and also it's a huge Museum
it has seven museums inside it
i went there
really?
it's so cool
it's called a cultural center
yeah
what's the full name?
It's I think Mubarak something like I forgot because
I'll write it here
And yeah, it's called a cultural center. But to be honest, it's more like...
... exploratory, it's more like a museum
they've got space...they've got the body
yeah
they have all sorts of different exhibitions about sport, fitness, health, science...
science and also an Islamic Museum
yeah, Islamic arts... fine arts... loads of stuff. So that's actually worth checking out
especially if you have children, I think it's quite good to bring children
it's so cool, and also you can do experiences in there
the gaming thing like it's not just like you're watching and reading, it's also you can do and practising
I like I enjoy even more than like kids
yeah, it's fun... I went there... I was doing like hula hoop
have you done that one?
like you can kick a ball around you can sprint
Yeah
it's just so cool
so that's four I think, have you got one more for people who might be visiting Kuwait, just to
where else... we have amazing restaurants like everywhere
even if you're not inside the mall we have even outside the malls
we have like cafes like...
you need to try that like we're famous... Kuwait is famous for the restaurant and its food
yeah, the food here is really really good
so you need to try the café's and also you need to try the food itself like it's everywhere anywhere you like go
There's a restaurant and you try it out
and you can get any kind of food
you can get your in Arabic food, your Kuwait Gulf food, you can get Lebanese food, you can get...
I actully ate Thai food last night
it was really good, probably better than I've had in Thailand actually
and then you've got of course American foods as well. So everything you can get here
and also landmark towers that's for sure
Oh, yeah
Kuwait towers, that's gonna be number five, right?
yeah, Kuwait has these huge stunning water towers... do they still hold water?
yeah, and there's one tower where you can have like you can watch around the whole of Kuwait
and also you can have a buffet lunch or dinner
in there, or even a brunch which is so good
with the view?
with the view
what's that called?
it's called... I don't know. I just know it like as Kuwait Tower Restaurant
Kuwait Tower Restaurant
you'll find it because it's a small country... everyone knows it, ask anyone
Kuwait Tower is just one place, which is the towers, which is our landmark. That's what we're famous for
just go inside and just tell them where's the restaurant they will just bring you up there
amazing
I think we should be charging these places... no I'm joking
this is this is just honest advice from an actual genuine Kuwaiti
yeah
so so grateful to have Heera here
thank you very much
Heera has a YouTube channel as well... the link is below in the description
and Heera's videos are all very similar to mine, like different cultures... exploring... but from her perspective
rather than like a British guy... a Kuwaiti girl, right?
yeah
so like you can get both sides
so yeah, you can see that maybe some more videos around here