Siham al-Farih is professor of literature and criticism at Kuwait University. She obtained her doctorate in 1979 from Cairo University and has previously served as head of the Department of Arabic Language and Literature, head of the Media Department, dean of the Arts Faculty, director of the MA program in Arabic Language and Literature, head of the Center for Studies and Research (during the period of the invasion) in London, member of the supreme advisory board of the Ministry of Media, Kuwait 2004, member of the executive bureau of the Kuwaiti Academy for the Arts, 2011 and a member of the academic committee for the Sheikh Zaid Prize from 2011 to date. She is also a member and adviser to a number of Kuwaiti and Arab bodies and committees and organizations. Al-Farih has received a number of awards and authored several books and research papers.