The Failaka Institute for Knowledge and Arts Research (FIKAR) is expanding its library at Dar FIKAR, accessible to artists, writers, researchers, and anyone interested in exploring Failaka’s history. As part of this expansion, we are seeking additional books specifically focused on Failaka to enrich the collection. Here is the full list.
We’re inviting people to contribute by pledging to donate a book to this collection. If you are able to do so, please fill out this google form.
If you choose to donate, we invite you to include a brief written reflection inside of the book (such as a quotation or personal note) along with your name, contributing to the library as both a scholarly resource and a collection of personal engagement with Failaka.
Below are the books currently in the FIKAR library that directly relate to Failaka:
Here are the books we hope to add. When possible, a link has been added where the book can be purchased. Alternatively, book stores in Kuwait may have copies.
- (1932) Baghdad Sketches by Freya Stark
- (1969) Looking for Dilmun by Geoffrey Bibby
- (1997) Voice of the Oud by Jehan Rajab
- (2008) The Danish Archaeological Expedition to Kuwait 58-63 by Flemming Holjund/the NCCAL
Works by Dr. Hasan Jassim Ashkanani
- (2016) Interregional Interaction and Dilmun Power in the Bronze Age
- (2018) Failaka Island in the Postcards
- (2021) Treasures from Antiquity of the National Museum of Kuwait
- (1982) Vol. 1: The Hellenistic Settlements (Terracotta Figurines)
- (1983): Vol. 2.1 and 2.2: The Hellenistic Settlements (Hellenistic Pottery)
- (1990): Vol. 3: The Hellenistic Settlements (The Sacred Enclosure)
- (1983) Vol. 1: The Second Millennium Settlements (Stamp and Cylinder Seals)
- (1987) Vol. 2: The Second Millennium Settlements (Bronze Age Pottery)
- (2022) Vol. 5: The Second Millennium Settlements (The Beads)
- (2024) Vol. 6: The Second Millennium Settlements (Copper, Cuneiform Inscriptions, Other Finds)
- We have a copy of: (2013) Vol. 3: The Second Millennium Settlements (The Bronze Age Architecture) and (2014) Vol. 4: The Second Millennium Settlements (The Stone Vessels)
- (2013) Archaeology Island by Andrew Lawler in Archaeology Magazine, March/April 2013
- (2025) Desert Paradise Found by Daniel Weiss in Archaeology Magazine, May/June 2025
- (1993) The Seals of Failaka: An Aesthetic Analysis, Safwat Nourel-Din
- (1969?) Greek Coins from Failaka, Ministry of Information
- (1973) Archaeological Investigations in Failaka Island 1958-1963, Ministry of Information
- (2005) L’ile de failaka. archeologie au koweit
- (2016) Al-Qusur, A Christian Monastery on Failaka Island, Kuwait by Julie Bonnéric
- (2002) The Archaeology of the Arabian Gulf by Michael Rice
- (1968) l-Bahrain: De danske ekspeditioner til oldtidens Dilmun, P.V. Glob
- (1970) Rejsedagbøger, Thorkild Hansen
- (1999) Glob and the Garden of Eden by Flemming Højlund
- (2015) Kuwaiti-Italian Archaeological Mission to Failaka
- (2016) 10 years of Kuwaiti-polish archaeological cooperation 2006-2016
- (2019) Archaeology on Failaka – current research
- Failaka Fouilles françaises 1983
- Failaka Fouilles françaises 1984-1985: Matériel céramique
- Failaka Fouilles françaises 1986-1988
- We have a copy of: Failaka Fouilles françaises 1984-1985
