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Novelist Ismail Fahad: I wanted to create human identify to myself

KUWAIT, Feb 19 (KUNA) -- Since his first novel, Ismail Fahad Ismail was considered a novelist who does not hesitate to employ new language, sentence structures and dialogues.
He writes every novel with a new spirit -- risking to lose readers whom he gained from his previous works -- in an endeavor to lure new segment of novel lovers.
In a "Monday Talks" seminar, held at the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Center and moderated by the Novelist Muthaina Al-Essa Monday evening, Ismail described himself as a "universal citizen" who lived in Iraq, Kuwait and the Philippines and whose novels are detailing events in Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq.
He pointed out that he wanted to create have a "human identity" for himself.
"Whenever I want to write about a place, I distance myself from it to purify my mind and test my true feelings towards it," he said.
Ismail spoke about the problems facing novel writers before, during and after the publishing of his work.
"Readers usually judge the novel based on their own understanding which could be the opposite to what the writer meant and they could also reject the writer's perspective when he tackles an sensitive issue for them," he clarified.
Ismail is a pioneer Kuwaiti novelist. He has won several prestigious cultural awards, including the State Encouragement and Merit Awards and the Sultan Al Owais Award.
He was also shortlisted for the Poker Prize for Arabic Fiction and the Sheikh Zayed Award.
Among his most notable works are "The Drawbacks", "The Sky was Blue", "In the Presence of the Phoenix and the Honest Friend". (end) hjb.ibi