COMMUNITY EVENTS

Weekly Wednesday Co-Working

Western Hemisphere: 9-11 am PST |12-2 pm EST | 6-8 pm CET
Eastern Hemisphere: 9-11 am CET |12-2 pm DXB | 3-5 pm BKK

I’ve benefited so much from co-working with friends, both virtually and in real life. It’s an amazing space for conversation, collaboration or just silent co-working.

I decided to recreate this magic for my community, and will be holding space on Wednesdays for people to gather. Video and audio are optional.

I’m hosting two sessions for both hemispheres, and I hope you’ll join me.

Sunday Writing Parties

Western Hemisphere: 9-10 am PST |12-1 pm EST | 6-7 pm CET
Eastern Hemisphere: 9-10 am CET |12-1 pm DXB | 3-4 pm BKK

I know how challenging it is to stay motivated and find inspiration with your writing, so I created a monthly writing party that will allow you to reflect, set intentions and pick up a few unique writing exercises to catalyze your process.

Reflection exercises to set intentions for the month, embodied exercises rooted in somatics available for every bodily capacity, and prompts to catalyze your writing.

All in 60 minutes.

First Sunday of the month.

writing workshop with happy people

Free Community Gatherings

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Writing workshop notebooks on a brown table with people around them holding pencils and pointing fingers

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ABOUT ME

Barrak Alzaid is writer of memoir, prose, poetry and art criticism whose current project, Fabulous, relates his queer coming of age in Kuwait and represents a story of family fracture and reconciliation.

His poem Fa’et was awarded a first place prize by Nasiona Magazine in their inaugural micro nonfiction and poetry competition. Excerpts of his memoir are published in several anthologies including The Ordinary Chaos of Being Human: Tales from Many Muslim Worlds (Penguin SEA), Emerge: 2018 Lambda Fellows Anthology, and in New Moons, an anthology of Muslim writing edited by Kazim Ali (Redhen Press). He has conducted fellowships, workshops and residencies through Delfina Foundation, Fine Arts Works Center and Lambda Literary Retreat.

He is a founding member of the artist collective GCC.

In addition to his artistic pursuits, Barrak is an educator, with five years experience teaching highschool and university, and has extensive experience facilitating writing workshops and fostering writing community.

Barrak Alzaid