Shurooq Amin Al-Sabah

สถานที่: Kuwait City

เกิด: 1967

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Shurooq Amin is a Kuwaiti painter and poet, born in Kuwait City in 1967 to a Kuwaiti father and a Syrian mother. She earned her BA in English literature from Kuwait University in 1988 and her MA in modern literature from Kent University in 1989. She earned her PhD in creative writing from Warnborough College in 2007, specialising in Ekphrastic art and poetry. Amin is a lecturer at Kuwait University, where she heads the College of Business Administration's English Language Unit. Since her first solo exhibition in 1992, Amin's works have evolved to explore religion and sexuality, challenging cultural and societal boundaries. In 2013, she was awarded Artist of the Year by Arab Woman Awards.