Born in Bloomington, Indiana to Kuwaiti parents, Lubna Saif Abbas returned to Kuwait following the liberation of Kuwait by US Armed Forces.  Working for JAG in the Army, she along with a group of women set out to document war crimes committed by the Iraqi Army.  She decided to remain in Kuwait and with her partner Hamid runs Yawadi Glass, an art studio that is located in an Islamic museum.

I met Lubna at Maker Faire Kuwait in February 2019.