I'm a Kuwaiti writer, journalist and communications specialist. I usually cover politics, culture and all the madness that dares to exist in between.
My journalism ranges from features and analyses to op-eds and investigations, with multiple awards won for my investigative work. You can find my work in the New Arab, New Lines magazine, Al Jazeera English, NBC News, the National, the Nation and many more.
Additionally, I'm the Kuwaiti press freedoms file consultant with Paris-based Reporters Without Borders, offering my professional social and political observations on the state of media and its landscape.
My creative writing has appeared in the Markaz Review and the Muslim Vibe, with a short story translated into Italian and published in Arabpop's third issue. More of this to come, inshallah!
Beyond writing, I head the Integrated Community Center, a Kuwaiti non-profit organization focused on migrant labor rights which I co-founded with pioneers in the field.
Featured Articles
Kuwaiti MPs attend a parliamentary session in Kuwait City [File: Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP]
Article: Kuwait’s political crisis leaves opposition waiting for new era
11 Apr 2023
A new government in Kuwait, but an old parliament – and one that has returned in complicated circumstances.
Jaber Bridge overlooking the Kuwait City skyline (courtesy Reuters)
5th November, 2023
“What’s more useless than a bridge leading nowhere?” asks Yousef H. Alshammari, on
Kuwait’s nation building.
The Minor Land of Fadak, as seen from outside the compound's gates in Fulmer, Buckinghamshire. [The Rafida Foundation/Fair Use]
Money, swords and embassy attacks: Inside the UK-based Shia group under Ofcom investigation
Yasser Al-Habib’s group, the Mahdi Servants Union, has attacked three embassies and had its ‘blasphemous’ film The Lady of Heaven pulled from cinemas. The New Arab reveals that they’re now being investigated by Ofcom for inciting crime and disorder.
04 May, 2023