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​Hi. I'm Nada,

A writer and creative writing teacher from Kuwait with an MFA from Columbia University and over 10 years of experience. I'm interested in language, literature, and creativity and how they shape what it means to be human. ​

I'm also a CTA-certified creativity coach who uses honed coaching skills to help students, writers, and other artists take deliberate steps toward achieving their creative dreams.

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INVITE ME

If you are a school, university, cultural organization, or book club considering booking me during the 2023 calendar for readings, public speaking, lectures on language and literature, or creative writing workshops, please explore my events kit for my rates and offers. 

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TRANSFORM YOUR CREATIVE MINDSET IN 90-DAYS

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POEMS

The Ancient Art of Gematria 
Gulf Coast Journal

Poem to be Read from Right to Left
Finalist in No Contact's Summer Poetry Contest, 2021
Nominated by No Contact for a Pushcart Prize, 2021
No Contact

Story of the Fall
The American Journal of Poetry

Poet in New York & Pharos of Alexandria
Tribes

Echo’s Song to Her Lover
As it Ought to Be

Every Day is a Celebration Worthy of Fireworks
Nominated by One Jacar for Best of the Net, 2021
One Jacar

​Unholy Sonnet
Amethyst Review

​Saturn
The Indianapolis Review

​New Moon, New Flame
Grand Little Things
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​Marshmallow in a Bottle & Aubade
​No Contact

Body Without Organs
Some Kind of Opening

NON-FICTION

Dreams Are Like Poems: The Radical Healing Potential of Poetry
The Operating System & Liminal Lab

Mental Healthcare is a Human Right
​The Times, Kuwait

AUDIO

Marshmallow in a Bottle
with Gabrielle Bates's "How Judas Died" and torrin a. greathouse's "Phlebotomy, as Told by the Blood," 
​LitHub & Micro Podcast ​

VIDEOS

Poem to be Read from Right to Left
Finalist in No Contact's Summer Poetry Contest, 2021
Nominated by No Contact for a Pushcart Prize, 2021
​​No Contact

Poetry Reading 
Bridgewater International Poetry Festival

A Poem for Lan Asket
Campaign to raise awareness on gender-based violence in Kuwait, 2021
Lan Asket

Poetry Reading
Contemporary Art Platform 
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Does Literature Impact the World?
Gulf University for Science and Technology

​Dreams Are Like Poems: The Radical Healing Potential of Poetry
​Palestinian Children's Relief Fund Rutgers University

Poetry: Madness or Magic? A Brief History 
Gulf University for Science and Technology

​2019 Daylight USA

​WOMEN OF KUWAIT

Finalist in the 2019 Lucie Photo Book Award in the Independent Prize category; acquired by the Getty Research Institute and the Thomas J. Watson Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; and featured in Rolling Stone, Hyperallergic, Musee, Columbia University's School of Arts, and more.

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2018 Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press Qatar

​MISCHIEF DIARY

​Mischief Diary, a collection of fifteen short stories ‘based’ on real events, is not your average Young Adult book. Funny, powerful, intense, and lighthearted all at the same time, Mischief Diary takes readers on a journey that addresses different issues with humor and laughter as guides.

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