Poem to be Read from Right to Left
Finalist in No Contact's Summer Poetry Contest, 2021
Nominated for a Pushcart Prize, 2021
No Contact
Every Day is a Celebration Worthy of Fireworks
Nominated for Best of the Net, 2021
One Jacar
Finalist in No Contact's Summer Poetry Contest, 2021
Nominated for a Pushcart Prize, 2021
No Contact
Every Day is a Celebration Worthy of Fireworks
Nominated for Best of the Net, 2021
One Jacar
Poetry
LITERARY JOURNALS
Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts (Summer/Fall 2021)
No Contact (Issue 23: August 2021)
The American Journal of Poetry (Volume 11: July 1, 2021)
Tribes (June 24, 2021)
As it Ought to Be (April 26, 2021)
One Jacar (Issue 23: April 2021)
Grand Little Things (April 8, 2021)
Amethyst Review (February 2021)
No Contact (Issue 17: February 2021)
The Indianapolis Review (Issue 13: Summer 2020)
Some Kind of Opening (Issue 3)
Nimrod Journal (Spring/Summer 2019, Vol. 62. No. 2: Voices of the Middle East and North Africa)
The Beyond (Issue 2, February 2019)
The Indianola Review (Volume 1, Winter 2015)
No Contact (Issue 23: August 2021)
- Finalist in No Contact's Summer Poetry Contest, 2021
- Nominated by No Contact for a Pushcart Prize, 2021.
The American Journal of Poetry (Volume 11: July 1, 2021)
Tribes (June 24, 2021)
As it Ought to Be (April 26, 2021)
One Jacar (Issue 23: April 2021)
- Nominated by One Jacar for Best of the Net 2021
Grand Little Things (April 8, 2021)
Amethyst Review (February 2021)
No Contact (Issue 17: February 2021)
The Indianapolis Review (Issue 13: Summer 2020)
Some Kind of Opening (Issue 3)
Nimrod Journal (Spring/Summer 2019, Vol. 62. No. 2: Voices of the Middle East and North Africa)
- All Knowledge is Permissible (p.72)
- Parachutes (p.73)
The Beyond (Issue 2, February 2019)
- Ode to Bipolar Disorder (p.7)
The Indianola Review (Volume 1, Winter 2015)
- Before the Morning After (p.87)
AUDIO FEATURES
LitHub & Micro Podcast
- "Marshmallow in a Bottle" with Gabrielle Bates's "How Judas Died" and torrin a. greathouse's "Phlebotomy, as Told by the Blood"
Nonfiction
ESSAYS & ARTICLES
The Operating System & Liminal Lab [ USA ]
The Operating System [ USA ]
Fanack Chronicle of the Middle East & North Africa [ Netherlands ]
Economic and Political Weekly [ India ]
The Times [ Kuwait ]
Arab Times [ Kuwait ]
en.v. [ Kuwait ]
- 'Dreams are like Poems': The Radical Healing Potential of Poetry [1/2] Feb 16, 2021
The Operating System [ USA ]
- Nada Faris on Andrea Gibson Apr 17, 2016
Fanack Chronicle of the Middle East & North Africa [ Netherlands ]
- Kuwait’s Anglowaiti Music Scene, Aug 25, 2017
- Writers Fall Foul of Saudi’s Laws, Feb 1, 2017
- Qatar’s Massive Strides in Women’s Sports, Jun 1, 2016
- Muhammad ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami, Qatar’s Persecuted Poet, Oct 19, 2016
- The UAE Between Geo-Political Dangers and Happiness, Mar 10, 2016
- From Fencing Champion to Gender-Equality Activist: Kuwait’s Balsam Al-Ayoub, Feb 24, 2016
Economic and Political Weekly [ India ]
- Slam the Mike, Vol. 51, Issue No. 51, 17 Dec, 2016
- Is Gender Equality an Oxymoron? Vol. 51, Issue No. 18, 30 Apr, 2016
- Believing Is Seeing, Vol. 50, Issue No. 33, 15 Aug, 2015
- Art as Commodity, Vol. 50, Issue No. 8, 21 Feb, 2015
- A Vehicle of Escape, Vol. 49, Issue No. 43-44, 01 Nov, 2014
- The Ugly Struggle, Vol. 49, Issue No. 38, 20 Sep, 2014
- A Method to My Madness, Vol. 49, Issue No. 24, 14 Jun, 2014
- Why I Write in English, Vol. 49, Issue No. 16, 19 Apr, 2014
The Times [ Kuwait ]
- Mental Healthcare is a Human Right, Mar 6, 2021
Arab Times [ Kuwait ]
- Girls … Go for it: “Be Strong” bid to Achieve Gender Equality, Oct 31, 2016
- A Police State is Not the Answer, Jun 28, 2015
en.v. [ Kuwait ]
- Jumana Al-Awadhi: The Female Leader of Kuwait’s Organic Revolution, Sep 5, 2012
- Every Child Deserves A Home: Zeina Al-Sultan Unveils The Truths Behind Adoption in Kuwait, Aug 27, 2012
- Winner of en.v.earth’s Voice of Success Program, 2012
- Rebuilding the Kuwaiti Dream One Mess At A Time: Subbiya’s ‘Silk City’ Aug 16, 2012
- In Civic Responsibility We Trust: Can Deera Save the Welfare State? Jul 14, 2012
- Speaking Truth to Abuse: The Social Work Society of Kuwait, May 30, 2012
- Make the Right Choice: Elham Al-Hamdan and Fawzia Sultan Rehabilitation Institute, May 3, 2012
- A Hope Specialist: Rana Al-Omani, Mar 28, 2012
REVIEWS
bazaar [ Kuwait ]
- DEFINITELY DIFF(ERENT) Meqdad Al-Kout’s Banana, Dec 1, 2009
- Kuwait in Paint: On Lewis Chapman’s Gallery “New Perspectives”, Nov 1, 2009
INTERVIEWS
Ink & Oil [ Kuwait ]
Kuwait Times [ Kuwait ]
- Nada Faris in Conversation with Maha Alasaker, Apr 13, 2019
- Nada Faris In Conversation with Max Stossel, Dec 4, 2018
Kuwait Times [ Kuwait ]
- Interview with Mai Al-Nakib, author of The Hidden Light of Objects, Mar 28, 2014 (p.9)
- Interview with Gail Carriger, author of The Parasol Protectorate, Nov 27, 2009 (p.36)
- Interview with Dani Kollin, author of The Unincorporated Man, Nov 20, 2009 (p.36)
Fiction
PRINT ANTHOLOGIES
W.W. Norton & Company
Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer
Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer
- "Twelve Years of Family Secrets" (p.152)
ONLINE
The International Writing Program: The University of Iowa
Silk Routes
Six Sentences
Silk Routes
Six Sentences
- Deliverance, Aug 1, 2009
SHORT STORIES
CityPages
UniQue
- Delicious Foul Slumber, Feb. 2013, page 66
UniQue
- Circumscribed Criticism, Dec. 2009, pages 86-87
SERIALIZED
CityPages (Fame in the Adriatic, a young adult novelette set in mid-16th Century Venice):
- Chapter 1 – “It Would be Well to be Reputed Liberal,” Issue 39, March 2013 (p.68-69)
- Chapter 2 – “My Lady of Forli,” Issue 40, April 2013 (p.62-63)
- Chapter 3 – “Becoming Poor He Will Be Little Valued By Anyone,” Issue 41, May 2013 (p.76-77)
- Chapter 4 – “Some Afraid of the Church, Some of the Venetians,” Issue 42, June 2013 (p.84-85)
- Chapter 5 – “He Can Support Himself with his Own Resources,” Issue 43, July 2013 (p.78-79)
- Chapter 6 – “All Yield Obedience to Others,” Issue 44, August 2013 (p.64-65)
- Chapter 7 – “More Enslaved than the Hebrews,” Issue 45, September 2013 (p.100-101)
- Chapter 8 – “Does Not Communicate His Desire to Anyone,” Issue 46, October 2013 (p.84-85)
- Chapter 9 – “The Malady Has Become Incurable,” Issue 47, November 2013 (p.108-109)
- Chapter 10 – “Seasoning the Dinner,” Issue 48, December 2013 (p.64-65)
- Chapter 11 – “Bound by the Benefits they Confer as Much as by those they Receive,” Issue 49, January 2014 (p.76-77)
- Chapter 12 – “When He is Either a True Friend or a Downright Enemy,” Issue 50, February 2014 (p.86-87)