The well-known Kuwaiti based author, Buthaina Aleissa, received her Business Administration Masters in Finance from University of Kuwait in 2011. As an outstanding author and novelist, Aleissa was awarded with Kuwait’s Encouragement award, not once, but twice. One of which was in 2005/2006 for her novel سعار . Nevertheless, she also won the Sharjah Award for Women’s Literature in 2021. With her passion for achieving the most in writing, she established Takwen, a platform for encouraging creative authors to share their talents. Aleissa thoroughly believes in growing one’s self through linguistic workshops. So far, she has published ten novels. In addition, she has even explored the world of writing for children.