Dr. Nour Dakkak is Assistant Professor of English Literature at AOU, Kuwait Branch. She graduated from AOU with a degree in English Language and Literature in 2011. After being awarded a distinction for her MA degree in English Literary Studies from Lancaster University, England, she was offered a scholarship from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Lancaster to continue her PhD research. “My teachers at AOU have been an immense support throughout my journey, and the degree has given me the skills I needed to follow my ambitions”.