AWARDS
2026
GoodWorld Journeys, Patmos
Scholarship Winner for The Stories We Tell Residency
2026
Théâtre national de Strasbourg
Campaign representative for the season 2026/2027
2025
The 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize
Longlisted in the top 7% poetry entries amongst 900 entries
2025
2025 Misfit Poetry Award
Second place winner
2020 - 2021
John Grosse in the Common Law of England Award
Best Common Law Research
2020
United Nations Youth Leadership Programme National Challenge
Best Sustainable Development Social Project
2017 - 2020
University of Sheffield Undergraduate Prize
Yearly Monetary Award for Exceptional Students
2017 - 2018
Kirkland & Ellis Law Prize
Best Property Law Research
2012 - 2013
Ministry of Education Bahrain Award
Best Voluntary Project
Programmes
June 2026
The Stories We Tell, GoodWorld Journeys
A 10-day writing residency with Barbara Kingsolver, Ada Limón, Silas House, and Safiya Sinclair exploring the power of words and narratives.
May 2026
Introduction to Animation Techniques, Tala Schlossberg
A weekend bootcamp to learn After Effects, including ways to add motion to still artworks and use physical materials to create animations that blend digital and analog processes.
June 2026
Writing for Performance: Theatre, Opera, Screen, and In-Between with Roxie Perkins, Atelier Rose
A two-day weekend in Paris intensive to explore writing for theatre, opera, screen, and various mediums that fall in between.
May - July 2026
Rachel Long’s Advanced Workshop with Special Guests, The Poetry School
An 8-week advanced course focusing on the development of poetry through weekly in-depth and considerate feedback.
May - November 2026
Lessons in Listening, Land Art Agency
A 12-session online artistic and ecological residency exploring embodiment, ecology, sound, dreaming, and creative practice through interdisciplinary sessions.
November 2025 - January 2026
Poetry Through the Lens of Multilingual Writing with Astrid Alben, The Poetry School
An 8-week exploration on how interdisciplinary writing and translingual expression can expand poetics, using translation and fragmentation.
November 2025 - January 2026
The Close Read: Advanced Poetry Workshop with Anthony Anaxagorou, The Poetry School
An 8-week focus on editing and developing poems-in-progress, alongside providing inspiration from a broad range of poetry in a close-knit critical community of like-minded poets.
January 2025 - May 2026
First-Year Astrology Certification Course: Ancient Astrology for the Modern Mystic, Nightlight Astrology
A one-year programme about the philosophical and mystical roots of Hellenistic astrology where we practice to give readings to clients.
May - July 2025
New Territories with Wayne Holloway-Smith: An Intermediate and Advanced Workshop, The Poetry School
An 8-week intensive writing developmental course with Wayne Holloway-Smith’s experience, prize winning poet and the editor of the UK’s leading poetry magazine, The Poetry Review, learning fresh techniques through mentorship and peer-feedback.
December 2024 - January 2025
Poetry Writing Month: Truth or Dare, The Arvon Foundation
A one month programme with Victoria Kennefick and Rachel Long exploring themes of childhood, relationships, family, and the body.
July 2024
Poetry and Theatre Residency, The Arvon Foundation
A one week residency with Inua Ellams and Rachel Long to learn different approaches to creating and writing theatre and poetry.
October 2023 - May 2026
Arts plastiques, Université populaire européenne de Strasbourg France
Participating yearly in different artistic practices: Watercolour, Sculpture, Illumination, Chinese Calligraphy, Voice and Movements, and Culinary Arts.
September 2021 - June 2024
Womb Alchemy, The Womb Mystery School
Participant at a shamanic arts school where I use modalities of the sacred feminine and nature-based rituals to co-create spaces of transformative healing. The training is hybrid, including virtual courses run by Bryony Rose and other teachers, as well as in-person initiations such as pilgrimages and retreats.
August 2021 - 2022
Ecological Explorations, fanar x Ahmed Buasallay
Co-creating fanar, a social enterprise, following ecological design thinking to encourage solutions that are beneficial to all-of-life.
May - June, 2023
Coming to Our Senses, Hagen Artley
A course to ground deeper into our nervous system functions whilst following the wisdom of Human Design teachings.
November 2021 - January 2022
Living Your Design (Human Design Programme), Hagen Artley
A 3 months intensive introduction into the teachings of Human Design.
June - September 2021
Artists for a Cause, The US Embassy Bahrain
Supporting chosen philanthropic organisations in branding, social media and website content.
July - September 2020
Youth Leadership Programme 6, United Nations Development Programme Bahrain
Investigated social innovation ecosystems in Bahrain to develop solutions that redress social, environmental, and economic imbalance. This is where fanar was born.
July - September 2020
Nexus - Ways of Seeing Art Education Programme, Al-Riwaq Art Space
Collaboratively designed rituals centred on communal art practices through reading, unpacking, and rewriting inclusive art narratives.
March - May 2019
Women for Peace, Tim Parry-Johnathan Ball Peace Foundation
Supported women from diverse backgrounds to become more active citizens by exploring identity, prejudice, leadership, and peacebuilding.
July - August 2018
Conflict Transformation and Social Justice, Queen’s University Belfast
Engaged in creative healing with Protestant and Catholic communities in Belfast, and studied frameworks of transitional justice, cross-border co-operation, intervention and integration, and research methods.
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Fragments (Poem)
2nd Place Winner of the 2025 Misfit Poems with Frontier Poetry.Available on Frontier Poetry: https://www.frontierpoetry.com/2025/09/03/2025-misfit-poems-prize-second-place-winner/
Missteps of hills and hunger (Poem)
A poem published with Crannóg Magazine for their Spring/Summer issue No 62.Available on Crannóg Magazine: https://crannogmagazine.com/product/crannog-60/
Ethereal Discovery (Exhibition)
Illustrations on a global community for the advancement of regenerative creative methods, skills, education & connections.Available on Land Art Agency: https://www.landartagency.com/shopEthereal
Ethereal Discovery (Exhibition)
A solo digital exhibition of 12 illustrations on the theme of transition.Available on V-Art Union: https://v-artunion.com/artist-fatema-alzari/#fatema-exh/
Nature is Growth (Illustration)
Illustration published for the 5th issue of Outside.Available on Orange Peel Magazine: https://orangepeelmag.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/orangepeel-issue-5-final.pdf.
Summer in a Bubble (Projection)
Illustration projected in the Gulf Show and the Khaleeji Art Museum at the Dubai Festival City Mall.Available on Sekka Magazine: https://sekkamag.com/2021/07/03/six-khaleeji-artists-bring-summer-vibes-to-the-worlds-largest-permanent-outdoor-projection/.
Lighthouse (Poem)
A bilingual poem exploring the theme of what it means "to grow up" in relation to land and water.Available on Bahr Magazine: https://bahrmagazine.com/lighthouse-fatema-alzari/.
Viral Lovers (Poem)
A poem on the theme of love during Covid-19.Available on Sekka Magazine: https://sekkamag.com/2021/01/31/poem-viral-lovers/.
A Room of One’s Own (Short Stories)
The The Two Jars and Live and Let Die published for a creative writing course to develop the female authorial voice.Available on The University of Iowa: https://iwp.uiowa.edu/iwp-courses/distance-learning-courses/spring-2015/room-of-ones-own.