Events
The 2026 Annual Gathering: notes from an evening together
Four generations, one long table, and the first gathering held at the restored family house in Kuwait City.
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News, notes
and the archive
Announcements from the family council, notes from gatherings, essays drawn from the archive, and photographs as they are digitised.
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Announcements
Applications open for the Almail Education Fund
The fund's fourth cycle is now accepting applications from family members in undergraduate and graduate study, in Kuwait and abroad.
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Reading the old ledgers: what a merchant's notebook tells us
Three bound ledgers, kept between 1938 and 1961, turn out to be the most detailed record we have of the family's early trade.
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From the archive: Kuwait City in the 1960s
Twelve photographs from the family collection, newly digitised — the harbour, the first shop, and a decade of gatherings.
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The majlis restoration is complete
After fourteen months of work, the family house's majlis has reopened — original doors, original plasterwork, new everything else.
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Why we keep a record
A note on the purpose of this site: not nostalgia, but a working record that the next generation can actually use.
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