The website enables readers to sign in and have their own account, create their own virtual library where they have three lists: previously read list, currently reading list, and planning to read list. It also allows members to rate books, write book reviews, add quotes to authors or books pages and enrich authors’ pages with related information.

The Kuwaiti national, who has a BA in Computer Science, says that she always wanted to create a project that promoted reading and books and having started her career in software, drew on her experience to launch the innovative Arabic-language platform.

She is a founding partner in non-profit initiative Suwayya.