Shahd Alshammari (Arabic: شهد الشمري) is a Kuwaiti writer, academic scholar and assistant professor of the English language. She is well-known for her researches that focus on human and women’s rights, disability issues and, recently, illness narrative. She published six books, in total, three of which she was the author, and the other three co-author. Additionally, she participated in over 15 conference, both as attendee and keynote speaker, and discussed different topics in the fields of literature and culture. In 2019, she was nominated for the British Council Alumni Awards - Social Impact.