Hayat Alyaqout

In addition to short stories, Alyaqout has written several novels, the first of which was published in 2011. She has served on the board of directors of the Kuwaiti Writers Association [ar], and she has also worked with the Arab Internet Writers' Union.

After the success of Nashiri, in 2005, Alyaqout founded the digital magazine I-MAG (short for Islamic Magazine. She led the site as editor in chief until it ceased publication in 2008.

In 2003, she founded Nashiri, considered the first Arabic-language nonprofit digital publishing house. It is also described as the first online publishing house in the Persian Gulf. The platform offers free e-book editing and publication for amateur writers. It eventually gained mainstream recognition, receiving multiple awards from the Kuwaiti government, including Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah's Internet Contest Award in 2005. In addition to serving as Nashiri's editor in chief, Alyaqout has published her own work on the site, including the 2011 story "wa-tas alunī Ribikkā an al-waliyy" ("And Rebecca Asks me about the Wali").

Hayat Alyaqout (Arabic: حياة الياقوت; born 1981) is a Kuwaiti writer and publisher. She founded Nashiri, considered the first Arabic nonprofit online publishing house, in 2003.

Hayal Alyaqout was born in 1981 in Kuwait. She obtained a bachelor's degree in political science and English from Kuwait University. Alyaqout subsequently graduated with a master's degree in library and information science from the university in 2003, and she has worked as a teaching associate in the information science department.