Shahd Alshammari | |
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Born | Kuwait |
Occupation | Writer, editor, assistant professor of the English language, researcher, screenwriter, director, club supervisor, team trainer, organizer, chairwoman |
Language | English, Arabic |
Nationality | Kuwaiti |
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Genre | Novel, academic and literary articles, research |
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Shahd Alshammari (Arabic: شهد الشمري) is a Kuwaiti writer, academic scholar and assistant professor of the English language.[1] She is well known for her researches that focus on human and women's rights, disability issues and, recently, illness narrative.[2] She published six books, in total, three of which she was the author, and the other three co-author. Additionally, she participated in over 15 conference, both as attendee and Keynote speaker, and discussed different topics in the fields of literature and culture.[3] In 2019, she was nominated for the British Council Alumni Awards – Social Impact.[1] In 2021 she won Outstanding Monograph of the Year from the National Communication Association's (NAC).