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​Charity & Volunteer Work

I give back whenever possible because I believes in community. While I've often done this anonymously, I now feel it's important to highlight the institutions to whom I've donated to emphasize that giving back to the community is at the heart of my writing philosophy. Charity and volunteer work are, in other words, inseparable from my writing, performing, or teaching. I give back 10% of all my income, including money I get from writing awards, honorariums, and stipends. 

​2024

CHARITABLE DONATIONS:
  • Kuwait Society for Humanitarian Work - Orphanage Support (via Kuwait Finance House)
  • ​Kuwait Red Crescent Society - General Emergency Relief Fund: To help those who are suffering in Gaza​​
  • Ethar KW: A volunteer group battling violence against women in Kuwait
  • KareQ8: Kuwait Awareness & Rehabilitation Education​​
  • Takaful: Non-profit helping prisoners in Kuwait (via Kuwait Finance House)
  • Kabbalah Center: The Kabbalah Centre teaches the wisdom of Kabbalah and provides assistance on how to apply this wisdom in daily life.
PATREON:
  • ​​​ArabLit Quarterly - for the indispensable work to document and highlight Arab literature. You can peruse the journal for free here.
  • Thom Donovan (Left Melancholic) - for his beautiful and intelligent writing. Here you will find samples of his writing that you can explore for free.
  • Mona Eltahawy - for although I disagree that anger should be viewed as fuel or destination, as I consider anger a signal that requires decoding, I agree with Eltahawy's insistence on patriarchy needing to be dismantled not only theorized. In addition, I highly recommend the weekly book reviews and insight into her upcoming projects. Eltahawy is active on Twitter, follow her to get a taste of her content.
  • The Great Blight: A Wheel of Time Fan Community.

2023

CHARITABLE DONATIONS
  • Ethar KW: A volunteer group battling violence against women in Kuwait
  • KareQ8: Kuwait Awareness & Rehabilitation Education
  • Kabbalah Center: The Kabbalah Centre teaches the wisdom of Kabbalah and provides assistance on how to apply this wisdom in daily life.
  • New Neighbors Partnership: A nonprofit that matches refugee, asylee, and asylum-seeking families with local New York City families. 
PATREON
  • ArabLit Quarterly - for the indispensable work to document and highlight Arab literature. You can peruse the journal for free here.
  • Thom Donovan (Left Melancholic) - for his beautiful and intelligent writing. Here you will find samples of his writing that you can explore for free.
  • Mona Eltahawy - for although I disagree that anger should be viewed as fuel or destination, as I consider anger a signal that requires decoding, I agree with Eltahawy's insistence on patriarchy needing to be dismantled not only theorized. In addition, I highly recommend the weekly book reviews and insight into her upcoming projects. Eltahawy is active on Twitter, follow her to get a taste of her content.
  • The Great Blight: A Wheel of Time Fan Community.

2022

CHARITABLE DONATIONS
  • Ethar KW: A volunteer group battling violence against women in Kuwait
  • KareQ8: Kuwait Awareness & Rehabilitation Education
  • Kabbalah Center: The Kabbalah Centre teaches the wisdom of Kabbalah and provides assistance on how to apply this wisdom in daily life.
  • New Neighbors Partnership: A nonprofit that matches refugee, asylee, and asylum-seeking families with local New York City families. 
PATREON
  • ArabLit Quarterly - for the indispensable work to document and highlight Arab literature. You can peruse the journal for free here.
  • Thom Donovan (Left Melancholic) - for his beautiful and intelligent writing. Here you will find samples of his writing that you can explore for free.
  • Mona Eltahawy - for although I disagree that anger should be viewed as fuel or destination, as I consider anger a signal that requires decoding, I agree with Eltahawy's insistence on patriarchy needing to be dismantled not only theorized. In addition, I highly recommend the weekly book reviews and insight into her upcoming projects. Eltahawy is active on Twitter, follow her to get a taste of her content.
  • The Great Blight: A Wheel of Time Fan Community.

2021

CHARITABLE DONATIONS
PATREON
  • ArabLit Quarterly - for the indispensable work to document and highlight Arab literature. You can peruse the journal for free here.
  • Thom Donovan (Left Melancholic) - for his beautiful and intelligent writing. Here you will find some of his writing that you can explore for free.
  • Mona Eltahawy - for although I disagree that anger should be viewed as fuel or destination, as I consider anger a signal that needs decoding, I agree with Eltahawy's mission statement that patriarchy needs to be dismantled not only theorized. In addition, I highly recommend the weekly book reviews and insight into her upcoming projects. Eltahawy is active on Twitter, follow her to get a taste of her content.
  • The Great Blight: A Wheel of Time Fan Community
  • ​Nerdgrits (until they shut down) - Who doesn't want to support a newly launched "Southern-fried" podcast on fantasy? I've been a big fan of Jenn's worldview and her energy on The White Tower Podcast, so it only makes sense to support Nerdgrits. 

MFA Period Fall 2018 - 2020

I spent my whole life savings (10 years worth of a full-time salary working at Kuwait University's Faculty of Arts, and the money from poetry readings, creative writing workshops, teaching English as a Second Language, editing, translating, and freelance writing, among other jobs) to pay for the first year of the program, and I borrowed money for the second year; so whether it's from my hard-earned or borrowed money, charity will continue to play a role in my creative process.

​Below are some of my charitable contributions and volunteer work during 2018-2020.
VOLUNTEER WORK
  • Volunteered weekly at the Kabbalah Center's Bookstore: 155 E. 48th Street, New York, New York 10017, US
  • Took part in Operation Backpack, which shared 20,000 backpacks with homeless children in NYC.

 CHARITABLE DONATIONS
Because I was in NY from 2018 to 2020, I focused on giving back to the community in which I lived, but I also prefer to maintain ties and links with the community that raised me. So in addition to the charitable donations above, I also regularly supported:
Finally, this year I vowed to support artists and art institutions as well as activists and non-profit organizations. Through Patreon, I'm supporting:
  • ArabLit Quarterly - for the indispensable work to document and highlight Arab literature. You can peruse the journal for free here.
  • Thom Donovan (Left Melancholic) - for his beautiful and intelligent writing. Here you will find some of his writing that you can explore for free.
  • Mona Eltahawy - for although I disagree that anger should be viewed as fuel or destination, as I consider anger a signal that needs decoding, I agree with Eltahawy's mission statement that patriarchy needs to be dismantled not only theorized. In addition, I highly recommend the weekly book reviews and insight into her upcoming projects. Eltahawy is active on Twitter, follow her to get a taste of her content.
  • Jenn and Jess (The White Tower Podcast) - a podcast on Robert Jordan's epic fantasy: The Wheel of Time. I love Jordan's fantasy, and the girls' take on events is lively, engaging, and genuine. I cannot recommend this podcast enough. Here you can listen to all the episodes for free.

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