“Shahd’s sensuous prose explores the manipulation of memory, the question of time, and gender politics…intricacies of love, …body, motherhood, the pervasive power of language, the power of women’s education, and synergy between Professor and student. It is a brave book.” – Jokha Alharthi, Author of Celestial Bodies, winner of the International Man Booker Prize

Interviewing Doina Ruști and James Christian Brown: The Book of Perilous Dishes

Doina Rusti tells us about her process of writing to appreciate how the magic of Bucharest took form, and how always history hides in literature, while James Brown shares his experience as first a reader and then a translator of this delightful Romanian novel.

The Ideal Woman: How Can Women Embrace Their Womanhood While Being Under The Male Gaze?

Interview with Shahd Alshammari on the Ideal Woman: How Can Women Embrace Their Womanhood While Being Under The Male Gaze?

The Diary of A Debut Novelist

Debut author Jenna Adams offers an insight into the behind-the-scenes of a writer’s process.

Disabled people exist everywhere – so why aren’t more books written about us?

Shahd Alshammari could not find role models for disabled Arab women in literature, so she set out to write a book that helped tell her story. She felt a need to correct this gap in literature but she also wanted to see more raw stories about those struggling to fit into societies geared towards the able-bodied.

What is multiple sclerosis? An expert explains

Multiple Sclerosis

A Kuwaiti Professor Makes Disability Awareness Part of Her Teaching

The voices of people with disabilities are too often absent among scholars and researchers, Alshammari told Al-Fanar Media in an interview via Zoom.

An Introduction to The Book of Perilous Dishes by Doina Rusti

Author Doina Rusti introduces The Book of Perilous Dishes, translated by James Christian Brown.