Our story was born in a house that believes in women's work. My family was known by the name "Al-Mutawa'ah", a reference to the women of my family who were religious teachers (mutawa'at), among them Mutawa'a Sharifa Al-Omar, who taught King Abdulaziz Al Saud during his stay in Kuwait. With the fee she was paid for teaching the King, she joined Shaikha Al-Sabah in setting up the first school for girls, to teach religious sciences and the Arabic language.

On my mother's side, I was born into a house tied to the art of fashion-making and embroidery. My grandmother, Dana Al-Fadhl, learned embroidery, sewing and pattern-making from the American Mission. She made clothes resembling what she saw in the designs worn by film actresses, until she became famous in Kuwait for her ability to make haute couture, which was called "ladies' fashion", and she would give her pieces as gifts to her friends and relatives.

My mother followed her in creativity. She loved sewing and embroidery and collected the sewing magazines that, at the time, came with free sewing patterns, and she owned sewing workshops, from which well-known local actresses bought.

I carried on my mother's passion and the family's hobby in 1997, with a workshop and various shops, and I worked with local and Gulf actresses. Now I work on merging heritage with contemporary fashion, to combine the richness of the past with the elegance of the present, and my new project, Ranaway, was born.

Our story was born in a house that believes in women's work. My family was known by the name "Al-Mutawa'ah", a reference to the women of my family who were religious teachers (mutawa'at), among them Mutawa'a Sharifa Al-Omar, who taught King Abdulaziz Al Saud during his stay in Kuwait. With the fee she was paid for teaching the King, she joined Shaikha Al-Sabah in setting up the first school for girls, to teach religious sciences and the Arabic language.

On my mother's side, I was born into a house tied to the art of fashion-making and embroidery. My grandmother, Dana Al-Fadhl, learned embroidery, sewing and pattern-making from the American Mission. She made clothes resembling what she saw in the designs worn by film actresses, until she became famous in Kuwait for her ability to make haute couture, which was called "ladies' fashion", and she would give her pieces as gifts to her friends and relatives.

My mother followed her in creativity. She loved sewing and embroidery and collected the sewing magazines that, at the time, came with free sewing patterns, and she owned sewing workshops, from which well-known local actresses bought.

I carried on my mother's passion and the family's hobby in 1997, with a workshop and various shops, and I worked with local and Gulf actresses. Now I work on merging heritage with contemporary fashion, to combine the richness of the past with the elegance of the present, and my new project, Ranaway, was born.