Shurooq Amin [SEP] place of birth
Shurooq Amin
Shurooq Amin (born 1967) is a Kuwaiti painter and poet.
Shurooq Amin was born in Kuwait in 1967 to a Kuwaiti father and a Syrian mother. Her father died when she was 11. 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
al-Islamiyyah in 1983, and Dar al-Funoon gallery for contemporary art in 1992.
Contemporary artists include: Thuraya al Baqsami, who trained in Cairo and Moscow whose works can be found in museums worldwide; Shurooq Amin, whose subversive art pieces aim to challenge perceptions of society in the Gulf; Fatima Al Qadiri (member of Future Brown), an artist, musician and composer whose work is inspired by her experience in the Gulf War; Monira Al Qadiri, whose art explores gender and religious and cultural identities