Barrak Alzaid is a writer of poetry, prose and creative nonfiction whose forthcoming memoir, Fabulous, chronicles his coming of age in Kuwait.

Excerpts of his memoir are anthologized in The Ordinary Chaos of Being Human and New Moons. His poetry is published in El Ghourabaa and he has been awarded fellowships and residencies through The Corporation of Yaddo, La Napoule Art Foundation and 100 West – Corsicana Artist & Writer Residency. His writing has been awarded prizes by the Barjeel Art Foundation and Nasiona Magazine. He is a founding member of the artist collective GCC.