Interintellect Anwar AlKandari explores different aspects of perfectionism, the overpower it has on us, and useful ways to cope with it. “If one wants to be active, one mustn’t be afraid to do something wrong sometimes, not afraid to lapse into some mistakes. To be good — many people think that they’ll achieve it by…
Interintellect Anwar AlKandari will lead a discussion on inspiration – where do we find it? How can we get more inspired? What do our muses reveal about ourselves? In a scene of “Anne with an E” TV show where Anne feels uninspired, together with her friend Cole they stand at the top of a mountain…
In this salon, Anwar AlKandari will dive into: storytelling and our constant urge to seek meaning, forms of narratives we use, and digital storytelling. “In the Ottoman times, there were itinerant storytellers called "meddah." They would go to coffee houses, where they would tell a story in front of an audience, often improvising. With each… Continue reading Once Upon a Time: Narrate Your Story! – With Anwar AlKandari
Interintellect Anwar AlKandari will continue to explore self-narratives – keeping track of where we’re heading to, looking for different ways to narrate our stories, and maintaining authenticity. “We are all storytellers. We all live in a network of stories. There isn’t a stronger connection between people than storytelling.” –Jimmy Smith Recently in part 1, we have focused on…
In this Interintellect salon, Anwar AlKandari will gather the curious readers around the world to embark on a journey through novels. “The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.” —Ursula K. Le Guin Remember the times…
Interintellect Anwar AlKandari explores narratives in relation to nature, or different natures, of time - inspired by Einstein’s Dreams book Physicist and writer Carlo Rovelli says that we understand reality by looking at how things interact with one another, not how things are: “Reality is the network of the way things affect one another”. And…
Interintellect Anwar AlKandari will lead an intimate discussion on solitude - how it affects our thinking process, mental state, and relationship with others. “I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.” “Although I am a typical loner in my daily life, my awareness of belonging to…
Long-time Interintellect members Haider Al-Mosawi and Anwar AlKandari are thrilled to finally be hosting an IRL Interintellect meetup! This is an opportunity for people in Kuwait to get to know… Continue reading Kuwait City IRL Interintellect Meetup
