Ascia's family is Al-Faraj they are all shia muslims of Southern Iraqi tribal ancestry (al shimmari). Her dad's family was naturalized in the 1980s. Her dad was a famous professor in Kuwait highly respected man and socially conservative. Maybe she now identities as "Ascia AlShimmari" because she wants to appeal to Khaleeji tribal Bedouins or Southern Iraqis? I am not sure. Her Kuwaiti husband is of Iranian ancestry.
She probably has many stateless Bedoon relatives (most bedoon in Kuwait are of iraqi shia ancestry).
the minute I saw her change her last name I had a feeling she was gonna become an "activist". But I thought she was gonna be an activist for the stateless bedoon, not for the feminist Me Too kuwait movement
anyway in all cases, I think she is just trying to appeal to a wider demographic and appear more "humble" less Americanised, less bougie