Kawkab was born deaf, and at the beginning of her life she joined Sharjah City for Humanitarian Services, where she received an academic education until she reached her fifth grade. Before she joined Rashid Centre for the Disabled, Kawkab was forced to stay at her house for two years. She then moved to the centre that she entered as student and graduated from, to come back again to it as an employee.
Also, before Kawkab joined Rashid Centre, she was subjected to an interview to determine her level and on those basis, she was accepted. After some time, everyone discovered the beautiful talent that Kawkab has, where all she needs is care and follow up to extract from her the hidden capabilities.
With Kawkab joining Rashid Centre, everyone tried to encourage and motivate her to continue working on her creative artworks, where they started giving her different pictures for her to draw. Also, the Centre gave Kawkab the opportunity to design small cards to be attached to the gifts and official invitations from the Centre. After that, that continued on motivating her until she started drawing portraits, where she perfectly exceeded in.
She drew most Sheikhs of the United Arab Emirates and numerous guests of Rashid Centre. Kawkab, until today, still has a large portrait of the late Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan, as well as for Her Highness Haya Bint Al Hussein, where she shows to all the visitors of the Centre.
Who excels in beauty and excel in everything. Kawkab excelled in beauty crafting career, not only in painting, but also in henna drawing, where she draws with black and brown henna in so many different shapes and designs. For that, she would be responsible of drawing with henna on the hands of all the teachers and female students at the Centre during any occasion or celebration at Rashid Centre.
Aside from henna, Kawkab learned during her stay at Rashid Centre a number of handicrafts, such as sewing and embroidery. As a result, a lot of her artworks were sold for the benefit of Rashid Centre. Kawkab also learned to use the sewing machine and the different ways of designing souvenirs kept by all the personalities that visit the Centre.
Kawkab suffers from both verbal and hearing impairment, but that doesn't stop her from painting or enjoying art. Kawkab's talent helped the Rashid Centre for Disabled raise over Dh30,000 with her paintings alone in the past. She currently works in the centre as an arts teacher assistant after she graduated and her talent and presence are much enjoyable in the centre.
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