Hayat Alyaqout
Hayat Alyaqout
Hayat Alyaqout.
Native name
حياة الياقوت
Born1981 (age 42–43)
OccupationWriter and publisher
LanguageModern Standard Arabic
NationalityKuwaiti
Alma materKuwait University

Hayat Alyaqout (Arabic: حياة الياقوت; born 1981) is a Kuwaiti writer and publisher. She founded Nashiri, considered the first Arabic nonprofit online publishing house, in 2003.

Biography

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Hayal Alyaqout was born in 1981 in Kuwait.[1][2] She obtained a bachelor's degree in political science and English from Kuwait University.[3] Alyaqout subsequently graduated with a master's degree in library and information science from the university in 2003,[3] and she has worked as a teaching associate in the information science department.[4]

A freelance writer, Alyaqout began producing articles and stories for Arabic-language publications when she was 17.[3][5][6]

In 2003, she founded Nashiri, considered the first Arabic-language nonprofit digital publishing house.[5][7][8] It is also described as the first online publishing house in the Persian Gulf.[6] The platform offers free e-book editing and publication for amateur writers.[7] It eventually gained mainstream recognition, receiving multiple awards from the Kuwaiti government,[7] including Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah's Internet Contest Award in 2005.[8] In addition to serving as Nashiri's editor in chief,[3][9] Alyaqout has published her own work on the site, including the 2011 story "wa-tas alunī Ribikkā an al-waliyy" ("And Rebecca Asks me about the Wali").[6]

After the success of Nashiri, in 2005, Alyaqout founded the digital magazine I-MAG (short for Islamic Magazine. She led the site as editor in chief until it ceased publication in 2008.[1][3][10]

In addition to short stories, Alyaqout has written several novels, the first of which was published in 2011.[1] She has served on the board of directors of the Kuwaiti Writers Association [ar],[1] and she has also worked with the Arab Internet Writers' Union.[11]

Alyaqout is a proponent of the Arabic language, and submissions to Nashiri must be in Modern Standard Arabic and meet certain moral standards.[7][9] She has also expressed support for government censorship in the name of protecting the youth.[12]

Publications

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "الكاتب: حياة الياقوت". Nashiri (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  2. ^ "الياقوت، حياة،". Kuwait National Library (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  3. ^ a b c d e "About I-MAG". I-MAG. 2004-12-31. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  4. ^ Abdullahi, Ismail (2017-11-07). Global Library and Information Science. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-041316-8.
  5. ^ a b Lenze, Nele (2018-05-14). Politics and Digital Literature in the Middle East: Perspectives on Online Text and Context. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-76816-8.
  6. ^ a b c Lenze, Nele (2012). "Telling stories online in the Gulf: Prolegomena to the study of an emerging form of Arabic literary expression" (PDF). University of Oslo.
  7. ^ a b c d Pepe, Teresa (2019-01-03). Blogging from Egypt: Digital Literature, 2005-2016. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-1-4744-3401-0.
  8. ^ a b Lenz, Nele (May 2016). "Short Stories and Interaction in Literature Online in the Gulf". Babylon Nordic Journal of Middle East Studies.
  9. ^ a b Al-Shuaibi, Athoob (2015-11-14). "Arabic vs English: Mother tongue threatened by language globalization". Kuwait Times. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  10. ^ "I-MAG PDF Issues". I-MAG. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  11. ^ Morsi, Eman Shaban (November 2005). "ARABICLITERATURE2.0: Union and website for Internet writers provide publishing opportunity and highlight new genre". Cairo Magazine.
  12. ^ Kennedy, Rachael (2018-11-28). "Kuwaiti artist designs 'Cemetery of Banned Books'". Euronews. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  13. ^ "Schnozi by Hayat Alyaqout". Retrieved 6 June 2022.
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