This week on AMKT Sara Akbar, doyenne of the oil fields and engineer extraordinaire, shares her recipes, love of cooking and the oil wells of her youth with Chaitali B Roy and Lavinia Davenport. We hear about how Sara's childhood influenced her career path and led her to become the leading lady of the Kuwaiti engineering and energy world. Now as the CEO of OilSERVE and sitting on the Board of Trustees of the Silk City, Sara takes Kuwait into a bright future.

This week's AMKT is a Mother's Day special, bought to you in association Costa Coffee, sees radio Presenter, entrepreneur, host, and purveyor of all things fashionable Tamara N Saab join the gang. This emotional episode sees Tamara praise her Mother's strength and fortitude - battling through the shock of Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS). Tamara has a special message for all mothers and we get to share her mother's own special carrot cake recipe.

Chaitali B Roy and Lavinia Davenport talk to environmentalist, social campaigner, and beach clean-up guru Latifa Al Wazzan. Tasting delicious Petit Four biscuits and a delectable date cake, the ladies find out all about green issues. Latifa is leading the charge to make Kuwait a more ecologically aware country and champions all things eco-friendly, from recycling to stopping the proliferation of single use plastics. So join them as they talk big issues whilst enjoying a taste from Latifa's past.

This week our Kuwaiti Table hosts Shaikha Al Arfaj, General Manager of Pace (architecture, engineering and planning) and founder of Harmony House, a Meditation Centre in Rumaithiya, Kuwait. She brings tranquility and calm to the podcast and as she serves us up a delicious aubergine dish and tells us about the Satvik way of cooking. We hear more about her great achievements in life and how she balances her time and herself gathering strength from her mediation practice and her work with Harmony House.

Join presenters Chaitali B Roy and Lavinia Davenport at our Kuwaiti table this week as they share the best chocolate cake in the world with Abrar Alebrahim and talk about architecture, recycling, diamonds and stars. Abrar is as multifaceted as a precious gem; she is an architect leading a team to construct Kuwait's Terminal 2 International Airport, she is a jewellery designer, and an entrepreneur who is heading up a wonderful Travel architecture festival in Al Shaheed Park this February.

This week Chaitali B Roy and Lavinia Davenport get to spend time with the erudite Nejoud Al Yagout as she recites her poetry and talks about her childhood growing up in Italy, Pakistan and China. She discusses her life as a writer and the creative spirit along with her love of Palak Paneer.

Join presenters Chaitali B Roy and Lavinia Davenport at our Kuwaiti table as they talk to Balsam Al Ayoub, champion athlete and former professional fencer, mother, filmmaker and an activist for female empowerment through her fashion line and organisation Balsam International. Balsam shares dates, dessert and stories of her childhood and becoming a social entrepreneur championing women to be the best they can be.