EMPOWERING CREATIVES

Workshop

11/12/2024

Choosing to Matter: Connecting to Your Higher Self

Join us in this interactive workshop to write, share, and explore personal value. Tap into your authentic power with Nada Faris, a writer and literary translator from Kuwait. In this workshop, you will explore the concept of choosing to matter and make use of your internal strength.

American University of Kuwait
Sigma Tau Delta

Open to Students

11 Dec 2024
2-3 PM
Multipurpose Room

Workshop

25/11/2024

Choosing to Matter: Connecting to Your Higher Self

An interactive workshop to help students tap into their authentic power

Al Bayan Bilingual School

26 Nov 2024
8:30 - 9:20 AM

Open to students.

Author Panel

18/11/2024

Tech Tales:

The future of storytelling and its sociocultural, literary, and ethical implications

A panel discussion on how AI is transforming the literary landscape alongside Hawra Al-Khalfan and Samira Jafar, moderated by Mohammed Farran.

Arab Open University, Kuwait Branch.

Open to students.

Roundtable Discussion

1/8/2024

From Arabic to English – The Challenges & Rewards of Literary Translation

The Markaz Review
Aug 1, 2024
Virtual Event

With Chip Rossetti, Zia Ahmed, and Rana Asfour. Moderated by Lina Mounzer.

Discussion

15/5/2024

التيه في خرائط الترجمة

A Discussion with the Author and Translator of Lost in Mecca -- خرائط التيه

This event is hosted by Takween Bookstore.

Saturday
May 18
7:30 PM
Shuwaikh (Kuwait)

Open to the public
No registration required.

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Writer and Translator, Eman Assad, will be moderating a discussion on Bothayna Al-Essa's Arabic novel (خرائط التيه) which Nada Faris translated into English and which DarArab published.

A mixture of Arabic and English will be used.

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Workshop

25/4/2024

Overcome Your Negative Voice

An interactive workshop designed to equip creatives with practical tools to help them handle their inner critics, Khaleejesque's "Kilmitain 4.0" event, at Yarmouk Cultural Center.

Khaleejesque's Kilmitain 4.0

REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

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ABOUT THE EVENT

This interactive workshop is designed to help creatives manage their inner critic. Participants will learn to identify their unique patterns of negative self-talk and acquire strategies to enhance resilience and self-confidence. After pinpointing specific instances of self-doubt and negative beliefs, participants will start developing three types of proactive strategies. These strategies will help them determine when to convert negative thinking into creative motivation and when to disregard the thoughts entirely. A key emphasis will be placed on distinguishing between rational and irrational thoughts and identifying which ones support or hinder creative pursuits. The practical tips that participants will gain from this workshop are fundamental to creative thinking in general and can thus be applied to any project. All workshop attendees will receive an additional exercise via email after the event to help them determine their values.

OUTCOMES

Participants will learn to recognize their unique patterns of negative self-talk.
Participants will start developing strategies to combat their inner critic while building resilience and self-confidence.
Participants will become better at discerning between rational thoughts that protect us and irrational thoughts that paralyze or deceive us.
Participants will also learn how to discuss their negative thought patterns with friends in a way that fosters compassion and genuine support.

WORKSHOP FACILITATOR

Nada Faris is a writer and certified coach for creatives. In 2018, she received an Arab Woman Award from Harper’s Bazaar Arabia for her impact on creatives in Kuwait. She is an Honorary Fellow in Writing at Iowa University’s International Writing Program (IWP) Fall 2013; and an alumna of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) April 2018: Empowering Youth Through the Performing Arts. Faris holds an MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry & Literary Translation) from Columbia University. She is, furthermore, the author of multiple books in different genres.

INFORMATION

Title: Overcome Your Negative Voice
Description: An interactive workshop to help creatives manage their inner critic.
For: Khaleejesque
Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024
Time: 5-7 PM
Duration: 2 hours
Audience: Kilmitain’s (Free, but registration required)
Capacity: 15-20
Language: English

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Talk

3/12/2023

Coping Through Humor: On Writing Mischief Diary and Learning How to Forgive

An inspirational talk on the power of creative writing to heal

Arab Open University

PRIVATE EVENT

About the Event:

In this event, Nada Faris will speak for approximately 15 minutes. She will share a personal story about her journey into literature and how it helped her forgive her parents. Following that, she will guide a four-part writing exercise using Marshall Rosenberg's Non-Violent Communication. During the exercise, audience members will be invited to write down a memory of when they experienced negative emotions, such as feeling wronged, hurt, disappointed, sad, ashamed, or angry. They will then learn how to separate the objective events from their subjective interpretation of the story. By tuning into the sensations in their bodies, they will then identify their feelings, and by naming their feeling, they’ll be able to uncover their underlying needs. Lastly, they will learn how to express their needs in a compassionate manner. Nada Faris took this process a step further when writing her book Mischief Diary by transforming her negative memories into humorous tales. Students will receive an additional writing prompt to try at home that will help them inject humor into their painful memories. After the four-part writing exercise, the audience will have 45 minutes to ask questions about Nada's life as an artist in the Middle East and about the writing exercise they had just learned.

About the Presenter:

The event will be presented by Nada Faris, a writer and certified coach for creatives. Faris holds an MFA in Creative Writing and Literary Translation from Columbia University and has represented Kuwait in the UK and in the US. She has received an Arab Woman Award from Harper’s Bazaar Arabia in the category of Inspirational Woman for her impact on creatives in Kuwait, and is, furthermore, the author of multiple books in different genres. Her shorter works have appeared in The Norton Anthology for Hint Fiction, Gulf Coast Journal, Indianapolis Review, Nimrod, Tribes, One Jacar, The American Journal of Poetry, and more.

Event Objectives:

By the end of this 2-hour event, students will:

Learn about the radical healing potential of creative writing.
Hear about a writer from Kuwait and listen to her personal experience of navigating her creative passions while making ends meet in a demanding society.
Acquire 4 journaling prompts that can improve their relationships with their loved ones, friends, family, and co-workers.
Receive an additional writing prompt that can help transform their negative memories into funny anecdotes.

Details

Title: “Coping Through Humor: On Writing Mischief Diary and Learning How to Forgive”
Description: An inspirational talk on the power of creative writing to heal memories with a special emphasis on humor as a tool for transformation.
For: Arab Open University
Date: Saturday, December 9, 2023
Time: 3-5 PM
Duration: 2 hours
Language: English
Admission: Free (but Private event for registered AOU students only)

Private Event for AOU Students

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Workshop

30/11/2023

Unleash Your Inner Poet: Three Writing Tools in Every Poet's Toolbox

In this interactive poetry writing workshop, we will explore the three essential tools that every poet relies on. These include: “image,” “sound,” and “form.”

Through practical writing exercises, participants will learn how to create rich images that set the tone and determine the stakes of the poem, dictate the rhythm or the sound of the line, and use form to “show rather than tell” additional meaning.

Kuwait Shakespeare Society

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