Noha Nabil with Dana Al-Tuwarish: I was bullied because of the “goatee”

Noha Nabil, a Kuwaiti poet and journalist of Egyptian origin, rose to the top of the trend after she spoke about a poem she had published since childhood, entitled “This is the one who passed in front of me - the goatee.”

Fashionista and entrepreneur Noha Nabil appeared as a guest on Dana Al-Tuwaresh’s podcast, titled “Dana Cast,” and during the session they spoke frankly about many topics related to their personal and professional lives.

Noha Nabil reveals the most difficult stages of her life Noha Nabil explains that the most difficult stage she went through in her life was the one in which she entered the field of poetry and decided to leave this field forever, saying that poetry for women is a very difficult field, tiring and has many requirements.

She said that she entered the field of poetry when she was a child, influenced by her family, as her grandfather and her mother’s father was a poet. She participated in the Kuwaiti “Mama Anisa” program for children at the time and was interested in poetry and writing.

Noha explained that she received guidance from the popular Kuwaiti poet Nasser Kreidi Fahd Nasser Al-Amiri Al-Subaie, founder and editor-in-chief of Al-Mutafil magazine.

Noha said that she was subjected to harsh criticism after writing the poem “The Goatee,” and Nasser refused to publish it in a magazine, and refused to see the light of day, until she was able to recite it for the first time at a poetry evening in 2016.

But Noha Nabil was subjected to a barrage of criticism and bullying, and she suffered from it, as she said that she cried for three consecutive years, and said that these types of bullying are cruel.

Noha Nabil: The goatee poem was an attempt Noha stated that the poem was not serious and was just an experiment.

The beginning of the poem reads: "This man is passing by me. He has a fighting spirit... He wears a beautiful helmet and a wonderful expression on his face." At the same time, Mr. Noha admitted that the poem spread widely, and continued to be read and shared by many people for 20 years, noting that he published the poem when he was 17 years old.

Noha pointed out that she had never seen interaction with any of her poems as happened with her poem “The Goatee,” even with her poem that she released at the time of her retirement from poetry, entitled “Childhood Dream.”