​READINGS, POETRY PERFORMANCES, AND Q-AND-As

​I would love to read my work to your students and cultural center members, perform some of my poems, or answer questions about how I navigate life as a teaching-artist and performance poet from Kuwait. 

For my resume, CV, or media kit (and rate card), please visit my Events page.

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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International Poetry Reading, Contemporary Art Platform (CAP)

Reading: "Echo's Song to Her Lover," As it Ought to Be, April 26, 2021; & "Every Day is a Celebration Worthy of Fireworks," One Jacar, Issue 23: April 2021, nominated by One Jacar ​for a Best of the Net, 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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Voices and Verses, 2016

"Transference," Kuwait Poets Society, Artspace, Kuwait, ​Nov 16, 2016.​

WHERE I'VE READ MY WORK

I have read my work and performed my poems at numerous venues and for students of all ages, in public and private education, both locally and internationally.

For a list of my past events, click here.

FOR UPCOMING EVENTS &  RESUME

To stay up-to-date on my readings, performances, and events, and to download a full resume, please click here.