FEATURES & INTERVIEWS
Click here to read articles, reviews, and interviews that appeared in Arabic press.
Nada Faris on Why She Stopped Avoiding Translation & Bringing Bothayna Al-Essa’s ‘Lost in Mecca’ into English | ArabLit
How Women Shaped Kuwait's Literary Scene | Fiker Institute
Nada Faris — The Anglowaiti | Fanack Chronicle of the Middle East & North Africa
Nada Faris: A Writer Who Doesn’t Self-Censor | Khaleejesque
Nada Faris: The Personal Strategist. On Language, Literature, And Kuwait’s Creative Landscape | bazaar
Nada Faris: ‘An Anglowaiti’ Writer and Performance Poet | The Times Kuwait
The new voices of Kuwait eager for change | The National
Kuwaiti writers welcome change to book censorship laws | The National
New Arabic short story prize meets with cautious welcome | The Guardian
Khaleejesque’s Kilmitain workshop fosters creativity, innovation, cultural exchange | Kuwait Times
I write to get back at people | British Council
Iowa’s International Writing Program Sees First Participants from Yemen, Bahrain | ArabLit
How Women Shaped Kuwait's Literary Scene | Fiker Institute
Nada Faris — The Anglowaiti | Fanack Chronicle of the Middle East & North Africa
Nada Faris: A Writer Who Doesn’t Self-Censor | Khaleejesque
Nada Faris: The Personal Strategist. On Language, Literature, And Kuwait’s Creative Landscape | bazaar
Nada Faris: ‘An Anglowaiti’ Writer and Performance Poet | The Times Kuwait
The new voices of Kuwait eager for change | The National
Kuwaiti writers welcome change to book censorship laws | The National
New Arabic short story prize meets with cautious welcome | The Guardian
Khaleejesque’s Kilmitain workshop fosters creativity, innovation, cultural exchange | Kuwait Times
I write to get back at people | British Council
Iowa’s International Writing Program Sees First Participants from Yemen, Bahrain | ArabLit
BOOK REVIEWS
‘Lost and Found in Maps of Wandering’: A Review of Bothayna Al-Essa’s Lost in Mecca | Asymptote
Lost in Mecca: When a sacred pilgrimage becomes a parent's worst nightmare | The New Arab
Lost in Mecca by Bothayna Al-Essa (Review) | World Literature Today
The 2024 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation | Banipal
75 Notable Translations of 2024 | World Literature Today
Book Review of Women of Kuwait by Dana Stirling | Float Magazine
A Kuwaiti Artist Photographs Women in the Intimate Sanctuary of Their Bedrooms | Hyperallergic
Book Review: Women of Kuwait | Musee
Feature: Women of Kuwait, Photos by Maha Alasaker, Words by Nada Faris | Rolling Stone
'Women of Kuwait', a Collaboration by Current Poetry Student Nada Faris, Released to Acclaim Musee, Book Review: Women of Kuwait | Columbia University, School of the Arts
Mischief Managed | Kuwait Times
Finding Magic in Mischief: Nada Faris’s ‘Mischief Diary’ Is A Must-Read For All Ages | bazaar
Nada Faris’s ‘Fountain of Youth’: A Collection of Fiery Poems | Newfound
Lost in Mecca: When a sacred pilgrimage becomes a parent's worst nightmare | The New Arab
Lost in Mecca by Bothayna Al-Essa (Review) | World Literature Today
The 2024 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation | Banipal
75 Notable Translations of 2024 | World Literature Today
Book Review of Women of Kuwait by Dana Stirling | Float Magazine
A Kuwaiti Artist Photographs Women in the Intimate Sanctuary of Their Bedrooms | Hyperallergic
Book Review: Women of Kuwait | Musee
Feature: Women of Kuwait, Photos by Maha Alasaker, Words by Nada Faris | Rolling Stone
'Women of Kuwait', a Collaboration by Current Poetry Student Nada Faris, Released to Acclaim Musee, Book Review: Women of Kuwait | Columbia University, School of the Arts
Mischief Managed | Kuwait Times
Finding Magic in Mischief: Nada Faris’s ‘Mischief Diary’ Is A Must-Read For All Ages | bazaar
Nada Faris’s ‘Fountain of Youth’: A Collection of Fiery Poems | Newfound
ACADEMIC
Literary Activism in Anglowaiti Writing: Gender in Nada Faris's Literature | Mihaela Tirca. PhD Dissertation. Departament de Filologia Anglesa i Alemanya. Tesis (2020).
Kuwaiti Women Writers and Anglophone Choices: Charting New Territories | Shahd Alshammari. International Journal of Arabic-English Studies (IJAES) Vol. 22, No.1, 2022.
Of Majors and Minors: Reflections on Kuwaiti Literature in English | Alaaeldin Mahmoud. 1616: Anuario de Literatura Comparada, 8 (2018), 107-120.
The role and status of the English language in Kuwait: How is English used as an additional language in the Middle East? | Abdulmohsen Dashti. English Today, Volume 31, Issue 3, September (2015), 28 - 33. Cambridge University Press.
Kuwaiti Women Writers and Anglophone Choices: Charting New Territories | Shahd Alshammari. International Journal of Arabic-English Studies (IJAES) Vol. 22, No.1, 2022.
Of Majors and Minors: Reflections on Kuwaiti Literature in English | Alaaeldin Mahmoud. 1616: Anuario de Literatura Comparada, 8 (2018), 107-120.
The role and status of the English language in Kuwait: How is English used as an additional language in the Middle East? | Abdulmohsen Dashti. English Today, Volume 31, Issue 3, September (2015), 28 - 33. Cambridge University Press.
TV & RADIO INTERVIEWS
Radio interview: Radio Kuwait International English Station with Chaitali B. Roy 93.3 FM, Episode 132, 7/20/2023
Radio Interview with Maha Alasaker: The Night Ride with DJ Sandi, Superstation 99.7 RKFM, 1/8/2020
Radio Interview: The Night Ride with DJ Sandi, 99.7 RKFM, 6/28/2017
Radio interview: The Breakfast Show with Tee and Aki 99.7 RKFM, 2/26/2015
Radio interview: DJ Aki and with DJ Maha's The Drive Back 99.7 RKFM, 2/22/2015
TV interview: Al-Rai TV, Raykum Shabab, 3/26/2014
Radio interview: 93.9 FM “Al-Boom,” Discussing my experience at the International Writing Program, organized by the US Embassy in Kuwait, 3/20/2014
Radio interview: The Drive Back with DJ Maha 99.7 RKFM, 8/25/2015
Radio Interview with Maha Alasaker: The Night Ride with DJ Sandi, Superstation 99.7 RKFM, 1/8/2020
Radio Interview: The Night Ride with DJ Sandi, 99.7 RKFM, 6/28/2017
Radio interview: The Breakfast Show with Tee and Aki 99.7 RKFM, 2/26/2015
Radio interview: DJ Aki and with DJ Maha's The Drive Back 99.7 RKFM, 2/22/2015
TV interview: Al-Rai TV, Raykum Shabab, 3/26/2014
Radio interview: 93.9 FM “Al-Boom,” Discussing my experience at the International Writing Program, organized by the US Embassy in Kuwait, 3/20/2014
Radio interview: The Drive Back with DJ Maha 99.7 RKFM, 8/25/2015
VIDEOS
Ayana Ashanti, CEO of Taste of Jamaica, talking about Slam Poetry in Kuwait. She mentions my participation in the Jamaican Embassy's poetry slam around 23:40. Here are some sections from the interview:
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Alrai - رايكم شباب 2014-03-26
An interview in Arabic with Kuwaiti television channel "Alrai" where I talk about my writing journey. Starts 28:28 |
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