The Failaka Institute for Knowledge and Arts Research (FIKAR) is a non-profit organization founded in 2015 by Sulayman Al Bassam on Failaka Island. FIKAR serves as a hub for artists, writers, filmmakers, musicians, and academic researchers whose work celebrates, protects, and recognizes the island’s rich heritage. Located in Dar FIKAR, near ancient ruins and the Failaka Museum, it offers residencies, working spaces, and hosts exhibitions and collaborative projects. FIKAR aims to foster knowledge production and artistic creation while contributing to the preservation and awareness of Failaka’s cultural and historical significance, and most recently, they have produceed a documentary about the island encompassing everyhting they stand for.