Born in Kuwait on the 10^th of October 1967 to a Kuwaiti father and a Syrian mother, Dr. Shurooq Amin is an Anglophone poet, an artist, a certified interior decorator, and a professor at Kuwait University. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing and an MA in English Literature. She has appeared on several television interviews on Kuwait TV, as well as in various Middle Eastern and Kuwaiti magazines and newspapers. She has given lectures about poetry and writing to school-children in private British schools in Kuwait and regularly holds poetry readings. Her poems, short stories, and paintings have appeared in more than 30 literary and artistic journals. Shurooq’s cultural diversity stems not only from her Middle Eastern upbringing and British education, but from her extensive travel experiences in Asia and the Middle East, North Africa, North and South America, and Europe. She lives in Kuwait with her husband and four children in a feng-shuied, Mexican/Moroccan-inspired home. She is the first Kuwaiti to be nominated for a Pushcart Prize for her poetry in 2007.

• First Kuwaiti to be nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Prize in December 2007 for her poem "Framboise Fig and Bronze Nude", published in the Summer 2007 issue of DMQ Review.
• Third place award for her poem "The Other Wife" from Perigee: Publication for the Arts poetry competition in 2007.
• Honorable mention for her poem "Mud-Roses" in the Perigee: Publication for the Arts 2007 poetry contest.

• PhD in Creative Writing from Warnborough University (specializing in Modern Poetry), 2007.
• Master’s Degree from Kent University, England, in Modern Literature, 1989.
• BA in English Literature from Kuwait University, 1988.
• Diploma in Interior Decorating from Thomson Education Direct, 2004.
• Awarded the Amir Abdulreda Creative Prize for her paintings in February 2008 by the Kuwait Arts Association, Hawalli, Kuwait.
• Awarded prize for her paintings in the 44^th National Day and 14^th Liberation Day Exhibition from the Kuwait Arts Association, Kuwait, in February 2005.
• Awarded first prize for her painting in a national art competition in Kuwait, 1984.
• Certificate of Merit for artwork presented at NES in 1980-1981.
• Certificate of Appreciation for the First Kuwaiti Al-Khorafi Biennale in December 2004 from the Kuwait Arts Association, Kuwait.
• Certificate of Appreciation for being one of four judges in the National Art Competition prepared by the Meridien Hotel in Kuwait in 1997 and 1998.
• Certificate of Appreciation awarded for Poetry Reading at the American University of Kuwait, 2006.
• Three awards for Drama and Theatre, and Certificates of Appreciation, Kuwait University, 1985, 1986, 1987.
• License and certificate in NAUI Scuba Diving from Al-Boom Diving School, Kuwait, 1993.
• PADI Advanced Scuba Diving certification and license from Dive Caroline, Kuwait, 1998.
• First prize in Ballet Performance from the London School of Contemporary Dance, Kuwait, 1979, and awarded several Certificates of Appreciation.

• Member in Kuwait Arts Association.
• Member in International Association of Art.
• Member in World Crafts Council – Asia Pacific.
• Member of The Poetry Society, UK.
• Member of The Poetry Society of America (USA).
• Member of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP, USA)
• Member of the Certified Interior Decorators International (CID, USA).
• Member of the Kuwait Association of British Alumni (KABA).
• Member of the Kuwait University Language Centre Accreditation Committee.
• Member of the Faculty Association, Kuwait University, as well as a member of various committees at Kuwait University.
• Member of TESOL Arabia and TESOL Kuwait.
• Member of NAUI and PADI scuba diving schools.
• Member of KUBBY – Kuwait Board on Books for Young People, 2000-2001.
• Member of the London School of Contemporary Dance from 1974 to 1984.
• Member of the Consultation Research and Studies committee at the Amiri Diwan, Bayan Palace, in March 2008.

• 1977 - Participated in her first art exhibition at the age of ten at the Ahmed Al-Adwani exhibition hall in Dahiat Abdullah Al-Salem, Kuwait.
• 1994 - First solo exhibition at Ghadir Gallery in Salhiya, Kuwait.
• 1997 - Second solo art exhibition, entitled Faces, at Boushihri Gallery in Salmiya, Kuwait, in May, 1997.
• 1997 - Third solo art exhibition at the Meridien Hotel in Kuwait City in November, 1997.
• 1999 - Fourth solo exhibition at The Art Shop gallery in Salhiya, Kuwait.
• 2002 - Fifth solo art exhibition at the Kuwait Arts Association in October 2002, entitled Wind and Water, featuring forty large oil on canvas paintings based on the Chinese concept of Feng Shui.
• 2004 - In December 2004 she exhibited at the First Kuwaiti Al-Khorafi Biennale with other Kuwaiti artists at the Kuwait Arts Association, Kuwait.
• 2005 - In February 2005 she exhibited at the 44^th National Day and 14^th Liberation Day Exhibition at the Kuwait Arts Association, Kuwait, where she was awarded a prize for her paintings.
• 2007 - In April 2007 she exhibited at the opening ceremony of The Diplomatic Club in Bidaá, Kuwait.
• 2007 – December: Exhibited at the Kuwait Contemporary Art Exhibition at the Kuwait Arts Association.
• 2008 – In January she exhibited with other local artists in the General Contemporary Art Exhibition/Khalifa Al-Qattan Creative Award at the Kuwait Arts Association, Hawalli, Kuwait.
• 2008 – February: Exhibited at the Kuwaiti Women’s Exhibition and was awarded the Amir Abdulreda Creative Prize by the Kuwait Arts Association.
• 2008 – February 17 – 19: Exhibited five paintings at Dar Al-Funoon Gallery, Kuwait, for a charity fund raiser event for Bayt Abdullah children’s hospice.
• 2008 – March 23^rd to 31^st: Sixth solo art exhibition entitled The Gift, comprising 30 large oil on canvas paintings.
• 2008, Nov. – Group exhibition with other Kuwaiti artists at the Avenues Mall, Kuwait.
• 2008, Dec. – Participant in the Kuwait Biennale (Al-Khorafi Biennale).
• 2008, December – Invited to represent Kuwait in the Cairo Biennale in Egypt. Participant in the Cairo Biennale.

• Painting acquired by Shiseido company in Paris, 1997.
• Four paintings acquired by the National Council of Culture, Arts, and Literature, Kuwait, 2002.
• Painting acquired by Sheikh Ahmed Abdullah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, 2002.
• Painting acquired by the National Council of Culture, Arts, and Literature, 2008, for the Museum of Modern Art, Kuwait.
• Acquisitions with various distinguished people and diplomats.

• Cover art illustration for Mr Hamad Al-Hamad’s book, 1993.
• Painting for Mr. Tareq Abdullah Amin for his villa in Salwa, Kuwait, 2007.
• 8 murals (wall paintings) for the Bayan Palace, Presidential Residential villas, 2008.
• 3 paintings for the Bayan Palace, Presidential Residential villas, 2008.

• Her poems and short stories have appeared in several literary journals, including:

1. 2005 - Etchings with Ilura Press, Australia. Vol. 1, issue 1.
2. 2005 - Many Colored Brooms, an online creative writing journal; issue #1.
3. 2006 - Many Colored Brooms, an online creative writing journal; issues # 2.
4. 2006 - Beauty/Truth: A Journal of Ekphrastic Poetry. Vol. 1, issue 1.
5. 2007 - Ekphrasis: A Poetry Journal. Vol. 4, no. 3.
6. 2007 - The Rose & Thorn Literary E-Zine. Fall 2007 issue.
7. 2007 - Words-Myth: A Quarterly Poetry Journal. April 2007 issue.
8. 2007 – The Cannon’s Mouth. Issue no. 23.
9. 2007 – The Journal. Issue no. 19.
10. 2007 – DMQ Review. Spring/Summer 2007 issue.
11. 2007 – Miranda Literary Magazine. Spring 2007 issue.
12. 2007 – Poesia with Indian Bay Press. Summer 2007 issue.
13. 2007 – Aesthetica Magazine. Aug./Sept. 2007, issue no. 18.
14. 2007 – Blood Lotus. Sept. 2007, issue no. 6.
15. 2007 – Living Poets, with Dragonheart Press. Fall 2007; issue ii.iii.
16. 2007 – Spoon River Poetry Review. Fall 2007 issue.
17. 2007 – Perigee: Publication for the Arts, April issue.
18. 2008 – Pearl Magazine. Issue no. 39.
19. 2008 – Tanjah Aladabia. January 2008; issue #1.
20. 2008 – 32Poems magazine. Winter 2008 issue.

• Publication of her chapbook The Hanging of the Wind with the Finishing Line Press in 2009.

• Published her first volume of poetry, entitled Kuwaiti Butterfly Unveiled, locally in 1994, with a small distribution of 500 copies; and then internationally in 1997 with Minerva Press: ISBN-10:0754106268 and ISBN-13:978-0754106265.

• Her paintings have been published in online galleries and magazines, including:
  1. 2007 - Miranda Literary Magazine.
  2. 2007 – Saatchi Gallery.
  3. 2007 – Absolute Arts Gallery.
  4. 2007 – World Wide Arts.
  5. 2007 – Q8 Art.
  6. 2008 – Artmesh Gallery.
  7. 2008 – The Fuschia Tree Art Gallery.
  8. 2008 – Artists.de – Online German Art Gallery
  9. 2009 - Liste des artistes et liens - Galerie Quint-Essences, Switzerland