Jawaher Al-Kuwaitiya, the icon of Gulf art, has passed away, but her art remains

One of the symbols of Kuwaiti and Gulf art is the Kuwaiti artist Jawaher, who, along with a small group of artists, was able to obtain a prestigious position in the world of art and in the Kuwaiti art scene in particular and the Gulf in general. She has always worked to present distinctive and unique works that combine the current modern era with ancient authenticity, which enabled her to get closer and faster to her audience who love this mixture, in addition to the admiration of critics for it. This artistic advantage began in the nineties.

The origin of Kuwaiti Jawaher Among the number of Gulf artists who have been able to establish their names as important cultural and artistic icons was Jawaher, who faced many different challenges in order to be able to reach this position in the artistic arena. As for her upbringing, which many are looking for, it is represented in the following:

The great artist was born under the name Manal Mesfer Hajaj Mesfer and is known in the art scene as Jawaher. The famous Kuwaiti artist was born on November 4, 1977 in Kuwait. The artist was from a traditional, modest, and simple Gulf family who had no connection to the art scene or this field of work before. Although her family was far from the field of art, this did not stop her passion for it and the emergence of her distinctive artistic talent since her childhood. She was able to show her talent starting from the nineties, specifically 1990, in acting scenes in a children's play called The Bat. She was unable to continue her career at that time due to her studies, so she stopped temporarily. Studying did not cause her to be distant from art or reduce her passion for it, but in 1996 she was able to appear in one of the videos of the artist Khaled bin Hussein in the song “I Loved Him” and her role was as a model in it, and with this video clip she returned once again to the artistic scene. Kuwaiti artist Jawaher passed away in February 2023. Jawaher's personal life The life of the Kuwaiti artist Jawaher was in a simple and modest environment and from a traditional Kuwaiti family who had no direct connection to art at all, but her passion for acting is what enabled her to continue, try and face many challenges until she could reach her goal. She was born in Kuwait and resided in London. She started in the field of art in the nineties, then stopped to complete her studies and returned again, then stopped again due to the many difficulties she faced in this field, so she decided to retire for the second time.

The artist Jawaher got married and had four children: Maryam, Yaqoub, Mona and Ilan. She always followed her mind in all her affairs and not her emotions, and this is due to her being born under the sign of Scorpio. In addition, she was always renewing and changing her personal life due to her hatred of routine life.

She preferred to spread out, have fun and travel constantly. She is considered one of the distinguished personalities who loves adventures, facing difficulties and challenges and achieving her goals.

Jawaher Al-Kuwaitiya's husband and children Many fans of the great artist are looking for some information about her to know more about her, including her marriage. The artist Jawaher was married twice, but in those two times she did not want to talk about her private life or her husband or announce it or his personality, but she always said that her first supporter and backer is her family, consisting of her husband and children.

The great artist gave birth to four children: Maryam, Yaqoub, Mona and Eilan. After her work, spread, and gaining great fame and a huge number of fans, she decided to retire from art for a period of time. This was in 2005 so that she could spend more time with her family.

She also always used to mention that her family is the one who constantly enables her to overcome all the health and psychological barriers that she might face in life.

But after the sources announced that one of her husbands was Kuwaiti and that he was from the Al-Rashid family, but she did not want to announce this because she had been engaged to him when she was young after a mutual love story arose between them and she did not get engaged again after that because she decided to focus on work and children only.

Her artistic career Jawaher Al-Kuwaitiya's attempts at acting began in 1990 in a children's play called "The Bat". She was still young and decided to temporarily retire until she finished her studies. Then she returned again to continue her passion for acting in 1996.

She worked as a model in one of the songs of the great artist Khaled bin Hussein and was able to participate in four artistic works, which are series, and this was in 1997, but she did not complete her career at that time and retired without announcing the reason for this.

But in 2003, Jawaher returned to acting again, but it was a strong return in five series, among which was the most famous series, Another Day, in which she played the role of Shams. She continued to fulfill her passion for art and acting, and she played many distinctive artistic roles that combined originality and modernity. But in 2005, she stopped again and announced her retirement, but she did not announce the reason for her retirement that time, but some said that the reason was the pressures and difficulties she faced during that career.

After five full years of absence from the artistic scene and from her audience, she returned again in 2010 and participated in a large group of television works between drama and comedy, which were the reason for her gaining greater popularity, but in 2018, the artist Jawaher retired for the last time due to her serious illness, cancer.

Jawaher's suffering with illness After the return of the Kuwaiti artist Jawaher after several years, she announced that she had stomach cancer and that she would not be able to continue her artistic career and would retire from art in order to undergo treatment, but she did not discover this at first as the disease was advanced and its treatment was more complicated, but she began with courage and strength to confront the disease with a lot of support from those surrounding her from family, friends and her fans as well from the public.

Her psychological challenges and physical struggle with the disease and her attempt to get rid of it began, so she moved to London to receive the best treatment for her between chemotherapy sessions or radiation sessions and this continued with her constant attempt to persevere and confront the disease to get rid of it, but after some time she announced that the cancer had spread more and was also present in the liver and that she was suffering severely from stomach bleeding, which forced her to undergo five surgeries to stop this.

Death of Jawaher Al-Kuwaitiya As the artist Jawaher continued her treatment, the doctors in charge of this noticed a severe deterioration in her health condition. They decided to stop the treatment completely after she underwent treatment and tried to confront the disease for a period of no less than four years, during which she took a lot of treatment and underwent many surgeries until Jawaher returned to her homeland again and passed away at the age of 45 on the first day of February 2023.

Jawaher Al-Kuwaitiya's journey was full of challenges, confrontations, and strong and courageous steadfastness and continuing to reach her goal. However, despite her departure, she left her fans with unforgettable artistic steps and human impacts, works that continue to showcase her unique, strong personality and creative talents.