EVENTS
2023 | PREVIOUS EVENTS | CHARITY & VOLUNTEER WORK
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8/30, 7:30pm: Writing for Wellness: The Journey from Journaling to Publishing and Beyond, Nada Faris Interviews Dr. Shahd Al-Shammari at the Contemporary Art Platform (CAP). Free RSVP on Fohgah App, here: ( https://fohgah-backend.fohgah.com/share/64dce160f3d05100104e94e1 ).
7/20, 10 am & 10 pm: Radio Kuwait International English Station (93.3 FM and 963 AM) -- The Guest Show with Chaitali B Roy. Episode: 132. Nada Faris revisits more than a decade in the cultural sphere in Kuwait, discusses Anglowaiti literature, and explains why she doesn't do slam poetry anymore even though she was known as "Kuwait's Finest" slam poet. 7/3, 5:00 PM, KW: Gave the opening speech at Roqoosh. The talk was titled, "The Gift of Self Reflection" and the event was hosted at Sadu House. I shared a personal story that explained why I turned to journaling and followed it with a simple journaling prompt to strengthen one's loving connections. You can watch the speech here (it's uploaded to Roqoosh's Instagram account). 5/9, 8:00 PM, KW: Gave a workshop during International Coaching Week as part of the ICF Kuwait Chapter contributions titled Journaling for Creativity: Journaling tools to help people make creative decisions during challenging moments, connect with their authentic desires, strengthen their agency, and live a life of purpose and genuine fulfillment. 3/27, 4:10 PM, EST: A recorded Q-and-A with Hannah Kauders for her Advanced Translation Workshop on translating Lost in Mecca (Dar Arab UK, forthcoming), Barnard College, USA. |
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I have more than 10 years of experience facilitating writing workshops to help people increase their self-awareness and uncover their authentic desires. |
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WHAT I CAN DO FOR YOU
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Examples
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No Contact's Summer Poetry Contest, 2021
Reading: "Poem to be Read from Right to Left," finalist in No Contact's Summer Poetry Contest, 2021, and nominated for a Pushcart Prize, 2021. |
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Bridgewater International Poetry Festival Fall 2020 Virtual Event
Reading: "Before the Morning After," (p.87) The Indianola Review (Volume 1, Winter 2015); "All Knowledge is Permissible," (p.72), & "Parachutes," (p.73), Nimrod Journal (Spring/Summer 2019: Voices of the Middle East and North Africa); "The Sky Where I Live Is Blue," (pp. 25-26), Fountain of Youth, Vine Leaves Press, 2016. |
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#TEDxAlShuwaikh, 2017
“Perception is Only an Ink Stain Away” explains how keeping a journal for over a decade gave me a victim consciousness and provides the 3 tools I employed to become proactive. Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Centre (JAAC), Kuwait. |
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#TEDxCanadianUniversityDubai, 2017
"The Beauty of Friendship" provides tools to help strengthen bonds between friends. Canadian University Dubai, UAE. |
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‘Dreams Are Like Poems’: The Radical Healing Potential of Poetry
For: The Palestinian Children's Relief Fund (PCRF), Rutgers University Chapter. This piece attempts to answer the questions: 'What is poetry?' & 'Why does writing poetry matter?' An updated version has been published in The Operating System & Liminal Lab. |
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Does Literature Impact the World?
For: Dr. Shahd Al-Shammari's poetry class at Gulf University for Science and Technology, December 28, 2021. In this lecture I attempt to answer the question "Does literature impact the world?" by looking at language, history, politics, and--among other examples--the human eye. |