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  • SUBSCRIBE TO MY SUBSTACK HERE!

    Hello dear family, friends and followers!! Thanks for joining me. I can’t wait to share more on my writing journey. In this vein (and because it was marked as the up-and-coming thing authors are doing these days!) I’d like to invite you to my Substack page. Please check out my first free post here, and…

  • New Weekly Workshop. Sign Up Now 🥰

    Hey, Salaams all, I hope you’re all well. AlhamduLillah, today was the @muslimlitfest Creative Writing Workshop, courtesy of @beacon_books. Today, I felt the huge benefit of meeting like-minded people, and sharing the knowledge on writing I have gathered over the last few years IRL (in real-life!) and would love for this to continue. So, in…

  • Muslim Lit Festival Day 1

    What a fabulous day at the Muslim Lit Fest in Birmingham today!! Looking forward to Part II tmrw!! Why not come along to my creative writing workshop? https://www.tickettailor.com/events/muslimlitfest/1157964 (Yes, this is me making my very own handmade notebook!!) It was so wonderful to begin the day meeting the lovely @katerafiqstudio for the Palestinian poetry workshop,…

  • Birmingham Muslim Lit Festival

    Join me at the Birmingham Literature Festival this weekend!

  • Catch up with me on Kid Lit Live!!

    Hey lovelies, It was such a pleasure to speak to Arden last night about all things writing, and especially about this elusive diamond we seek which is publication! Arden is one of publishing’s kindest and most thoughtful people. When she asked me if I wanted to be on her channel, I wasn’t sure if I…

  • Talk with Sana

    Hello lovelies, Here’s a throwback to 6 months ago when I was interviewed by Sana Khan on her channel, ‘Talk with Sana’. I didn’t share it at the time because I felt self conscious and embarrassed but it just shows how things change, because listening to it now on the brink of submitting my novel…

  • Brand New Ladybird Books! 📕

    How fabulous that my actual Ladybird books will be out this month!! I’ve always dreamed of adding to my extensive Ladybird collection on my bookshelf. And this month, this dream will come trruuueeeee! I held them in my hands and they smell like actual Ladybird books which is so surreal!!!! (But also quite obvious 🤣🤣)…

  • Inspiration For an Eid Story

    When you capture the exact moment you realise you’re making memories forever! This moment has inspired one of the Eid stories in the Ladybird collection I was blessed to be able to write at the end of last year! Download it today and inspire your children to live their best Eid day! Buy it here!…

  • Ladybird Stories For Eid

  • Oh my goodness! It’s my very first Insta Live!

    Thank you, Iram bint Safia, for inviting me onto your Instagram channel for my very first Instagram Live. I was nervous but you made me feel comfortable with your super kind words! Watch it here…🥰