Nada Faris: Empowering Creatives

I’m excited to announce that I’m joining the panel of judges for Vine Leaves Press 2025 International Voices in Creative Nonfiction Competition which will provide $1,000 and publication for the winning manuscript.

AIM OF THE COMPETITION:

“It is our responsibility to give marginalized groups the opportunity to establish literary legacies that feel rich and vast. Why? To sustain hope for the world to become a more loving, tolerable, and open space. It always begins with art.”

ELIGIBILITY

Open to writers worldwide! Can’t wait to read your work 🙏🏽🤠

For more information, please visit:

https://www.vineleavespress.com/international-voices-in-cnf.html

Looking forward to meeting all the students at The Arab University tomorrow 💙

Please bring pens and notebooks 😅🤠

Unleash Your Inner Poet: 3 Writing Tools in Every Poet’s Toolbox

🗓️ Date: December 15, 2023
⏰ Time: 5-7 PM
📍 Location: Argan Bedaya (Sabah Al-Salem, Kuwait)

🎫 Price: 19 KD

For more information or to reserve your spot, click on EVENTS in my bio.

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In this interactive writing workshop, we’ll explore 3 essential tools that every poet relies on: “image,” “sound,” and “form.” Through generative writing exercises, we’ll learn how to create vivid images, craft captivating rhythms (without relying on end rhymes) and use form to convey deeper meaning.

🌟 Workshop Highlights

- Discover how modern writers responded to the Shakespearean sonnet.

- Learn techniques to help you create rich imagery that sets the tone and conveys emotions in your poems.

- Explore how to craft rhythm in writing without relying on end rhymes.

- Organize your lines in different ways and explore how line breaks can enhance meaning.

- Craft your own 14-line poem — your personalized and modernized sonnet!

- Receive a packet of poems and writing prompts to continue honing your poetic skills long after the workshop.

✍️ This English writing workshop is open to adults of all levels of experience.

But seats are limited, so click the link in my bio to reserve your spot.

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🤠 If you don’t know me, HI!

My name is Nada Faris.

I’m a published poet with an MFA in Poetry from Columbia University.

💫For more about me, please visit my author website:

www.nadafaris.com

✍️ Or invite me to facilitate another writing workshop:

www.empoweringcreatives.com

I have a translation sample out with Al-Markaz today from Mohammed Abdelnabi’s book ( كل يوم تقريبا ).

To read it you can visit www.themarkaz.org or use the link in my bio. It’ll be in “Publications” then “Translations.”

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‘Mischief Diary’ is currently available at Kuwait’s Book Fair, Venue 5, Booth 43, with Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press.



If you want a signed copy to pick up from there, please use the link in my bio 🤠

Absolutely thrilled to announce that MISCHIEF DIARY has been approved for sale at Kuwait’s Book Fair and will be available at ‘s booth (more on that soon!)

The book fair begins on November 22 and ends on December 02. For timings, please visit

If you want a signed copy of MISCHIEF DIARY to pick up from there, DM me 📚

And see all your beautiful faces!!

You gotta let me know when you're going so we can catch up — and by catch up I mean talk about all the books we've read this year or planning to read in 2024🤠🤓

And: ☕🎮😼📝👨‍🎨😘

Help me donate to charity while also changing your mood for a bit.

Mischief Diary is a young adult collection of stories written specifically for an audience in Kuwait.

Also, I’m the main character 🤠😂😬

Check the link in the bio that says “Get the Book” for a signed copy or for local deliveries—and head on to Betterbooks in Salmiya for pick ups 🙏🏽

Copies of Mischief Diary are currently available at Betterbooks in Salmiya 📍

There are a limited number of signed copies.

But if you'd like a personalized autograph, or if you can't go to Betterbooks and want a delivery, you can use the link in my bio.

Just click the button that says “Get the book” 🤠

“Mischief Diary” is a collection of fifteen short stories ‘based’ on real events. Although categorized as a Young Adult book, readers have noted that its humor and lessons are equally suitable for older audiences. It was written primarily for Middle Easterns, specifically those raised in Kuwait.

Described as funny, powerful, intense, and simultaneously lighthearted, Mischief Diary” takes readers on a journey that addresses different issues with humor and laughter as guides.

This is a snippet from the Acknowledgments page:

“Finally, my decision to use humor is not arbitrary. In ‘The Author as Producer’ Walter Benjamin writes, ‘Let me remark, by the way, that there is no better starting point for thought than laughter; speaking more precisely, spasms of the diaphragm generally offer better chances for thought than spasms of the soul.’”

If you’d like a copy, please use the link in the bio.

Or check out Goodreads to read the reviews!

✨ Watch Alanood Alsharhan’s video testimonial by visiting the link in my bio.

💫 Connect with Alanood:

I have a few open slots for new clients.

I provide 4 coaching packages:

👨🏻‍🎓 FOR STUDENTS: From overwhelm to discipline

📝 FOR WRITERS: From great idea to manuscript

🎨 FOR CREATIVES: From hobby to deliberate craft

🏫 FOR ORGANIZATIONS: From scattered to purpose-driven members

📖 You can learn more about any of my packages by visiting the link in my bio.

✨ Or by manually visiting:

www.nadafaris.com/coaching.html

📣Hi creatives! 🎨✨

I have a few spots open for 1-on-1 coaching sessions.

As a certified coach, I help creatives take deliberate steps toward achieving their creative dreams.

I am currently offering 4 coaching packages:

(1) 👨🏻‍🎨 Career Coaching for Creatives

As a career coach for creatives, I help clients recognize their authentic desires, unleash their potential, and make a living doing what they love.

(2) 📚 Book Coaching for Writers 📚

As a book coach, I help writers make substantial progress on their writing projects while connecting to joy and gradually transforming their writing philosophy, style, and creative habits.

(3) 🎓 Academic Coaching for Students 🎓

As an academic coach, I help students combat fear, doubt, writer's block, and other forms of overwhelm.

(4) 🏫 Coaching for Cultural Organizations 🏫

As a coach for cultural organizations, I help teams zero in on their values, processes, goals, and culture to create a supportive environment for purpose-driven members.

📣 Schedule a FREE discovery call: 📣
https://nadafaris.typeform.com/discovery-call

After 5 years, paperback copies of "Mischief Diary" are finally available in Kuwait! I'm excited because the reviews are always raving about how it made readers feel.

For example:

"Mischief Diary is entirely refreshing from beginning to end." -- bazaar magazine

"I could not stop smiling once I started reading it." -- Amina Nasir (Goodreads Review)

​"So much fun to read! Loved her sense of humor throughout the book." -- Mona (Goodreads Review)

ORDER THE BOOK

https://nadafaris.typeform.com/mischief-diary

OR - Send a Whatsapp text.

LEARN MORE

https://www.nadafaris.com/mischief-diary.html