Buthaina Al-Eisa quotes
1982 – · Kuwait, 21st century · novelist, publisher and literary organizer
About Buthaina Al-Eisa
Born 3 September 1982 in Kuwait City, she began writing on websites and forums before publishing her first novel in 2005. Trained in finance (master’s 2011), she moved from salaried work to focus on writing, editing and developing Takwīn as a bookshop, press and cultural forum.
Works: Irtitām… Lam Yusmaʿ Lahu Dawī (2005); Suʿār; Kharāʾiṭ al‑Tīh (2015); Ḥāris Saṭḥ al‑ʿĀlam (2019); Al‑Sindibād al‑Aʿmā (2021); Dār Khawla (2024)
Quotes
“We are victims of ourselves; others are merely an excuse”
Source: قيس وليلى والذئب, 21 mars 2011 · Check the source
Verified attributionWhat we know
- What is documented
- The sentence is bibliographically attributed to Buthaina Al‑Eisa and associated with the book قيس وليلى والذئب published in 2011.
- What remains uncertain
- Attribution is supported by catalogs and quotation sites, but a direct scanned page or digital text from the printed edition is not provided here.
The line urges stepping out of the victim role by showing how we can turn hurt into a standing excuse. It is bibliographically linked to the 2011 book قيس وليلى والذئب by Kuwaiti writer Buthaina Al‑Eisa and reads like a compact moral observation rather than a denunciation.