Lecture   by   Interior   designer   Farah   Al   Humaidhi   :   “Personal   Experience   as   a  Woman   Designer   and   Entrepreneur”,   Royal   University   for   Women,   AC01   ,  Thursday,   October   8th,   2015,   Organized   by   dr.   Janon   Kadhim   and   attended   by  CAD  studnets  and  members  of  the  public.  

 Ms.  Farah  Al  Humaidhi  is  a  prominent  Kuwaiti  Interior  Designer  and  entrepreneur.  In  addition  to  her  own  design  practice  she  has  also  created  her   line  of   furniture  and  Accessories  “Pieces  by  Farah”  which  she  also  promotes  online.  

Ms.   Farah   is   very   active   in   social   media   and   is   well   known   by   many   young  designers  and  design  students  through  her  social  media  sites,  blogs  and  all.  She  has  also  currently  entered  the  world  of  teaching  providing  workshops  on  interior  design  which  have  become  very  popular  in  the  GCC  countries.  

During  a  short  visit  of  Ms.  Farah  to  Bahrain  to  conduct  a  workshop,  CAD  Dean  was  able  to  contact  her  and  request  she  visit  RUW  to  speak  to  our  CAD  students  about  her  experience  as  a  woman  designer  and  entrepreneur.  She  kindly  accepted  our  invitation  and  came  to  RUW  to  deliver  a  talk  to  our  students.  

Since  she  is  very  active  on  social  media  and  has  many  young  followers,  as  soon  as  he   announced   that   she   would   be   at   RUW,   many   young   women   from   other  universities  in  Bahrain  cam  to  attend  the  talk.  The  hall  was  almost  completely  full  with  CAD  students  and  faculty  members  and  guest  visitors.  

She   spoke   of   her   experience   and   the   various   stages   she   has   gone   through  exploring  various  aspects  of  the  design  profession.  Her  talk  was  very  inspiring  and  the  audience  interacted  with  her  in  a  very  positive  way.  

At  the  end  of  her  visit,  Ms  Farah  was  presented  with  a  certificate  of  appreciation  and  an  RUW  trophy  in  appreciation  of  her  visit  and  talk.  CAD  Dean  also  discussed  with  her  possibilities  of  conducting  a  workshop  for  our  students  and  the  public  at  RUW  in  Semester  2.