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S. African Embassy closure:
On the occasion of Christmas and New Year, the Embassy of the Republic of South Africa will be closed from Monday, Dec 24 to Tuesday, Jan 1, 2019 and will reopen on Wednesday, Jan 2, 2019 with its official office hours from 08h00 to 16h00 & the Consular Section operation hours will be from 08h30 to 12h30. For Emergency calls please contact: 94924895
“On behalf of the South African Embassy, we wish you a happy Festive Season and a Prosperous New Year”.
Call for Indian writers and poets:
As you are aware, Writers’ Forum, Kuwait is a literary organization which provides an equal platform to the Poets and Writers of all the Indian languages without any prejudice of the gender, caste, creed and religious background. Writers’ Forum, Kuwait is registered with the Embassy of India under registration no. INDEMB/KWT/ ASSN/140. Primarily the Writers’ Forum, Kuwait is an Indian, a non-political, non-religious, nongovernmental, non-profit literary organization in Kuwait.
Since its inception on Nov 3, 1995, Writers’ Forum, Kuwait has organized several Multilingual Kavi Sammelan and Mushaira which included many renowned Poets from various Indian languages, Published Navratna in nine languages with English translations, felicitated writers and poets for their works etc. During this journey of the Writers’ Forum, Kuwait so far, many of the members have published their works / compositions. Writers’ Forum, Kuwait conducts monthly meetings on the 3rd Friday of each month during which literary works composed by the members are discussed.
In order to reach out to the Indian literary person who are capable of writing poems, essays, articles, short stories on any topic / subject in any Indian language, we invite such individuals to contact following office bearers for further details.
Advisory for OCI card holders:
All those having OCI Cards are required to carry both their OCI Card and passport to travel to India so that they do not face any difficulty in immigration clearance.
From October 2018, ICAO will accept only machine readable travel documents, hence, existing PIO Cards, which are handwritten will therefore, become invalid. Thus it will be necessary upon PIO Cardholders to obtain machine readable OCI Cards in lieu of existing hand written PIO Cards before October 2018 to avoid any inconvenience.
Q8BBall Season 13:
Q8BBall is beginning our 13th season with Boys U13 (ages 10-13) and U17 (ages 14-17). We train three times a week and play regular games throughout the year with schools and clubs. In June 2018, we plan to travel for camp and tournaments in the US. Contact Coach T 97128884 for information.
Share your story with Amricani:
Do you or any of your family members, acquaintances or friends happen to have a story with the American Missionary hospital in Kuwait (Mustashfa Lemraicani) during the years from 1914-1967, the official period of offering medical services in Kuwait?
Please share with us your story or your memory during those old days by writing the event and sending it to the following email address: Mystory@darmuseum.org.kw
Notes: 1. Please send your story only to the above mentioned email. Story shared in Instagram, Facebook or Twitter will not be considered.
2. Please write your story or memory and sign it with your full name, and your contact number.
3. It will be great if you send us your personal photos or those of the place related to the story (optional).
Your story will be part of a new book to be published by DAI.
I am confident that your contributions will be an essential part of the history of Amricani. Share with us!
NYF offers free yoga classes:
NYF Kuwait offers free yoga, breathing, meditation and reiki classes by a well-experienced female yoga teacher for all age groups. Classes are given on the basis of different health problems, stress and other problems by different techniques. Contact: 99315825.