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  • Second Post on Substack

    To my dear readers, Here’s my second SubStack post, as promised, in which I have uncovered a secret or two about my writing process. Slowly, silently, I’ll now slink out the room… Click here to read! And do consider supporting me to read the full article šŸ„°ā€¦

  • A Review of Talking at Night

    Definitely one to readā€¦! (You can thank me later ā˜ŗļø) Absolutely loved this. Yes, itā€™s a romantic love story. But then itā€™s so much moreā€¦. Like itā€™s long and more satisfying and sooo affecting and raw and honest and kind and goodā€¦So so good. Although I have to admit, it broke my heartā€¦more than once…

  • Talk with Sana

    Hello lovelies, Hereā€™s a throwback to 6 months ago when I was interviewed by Sana Khan on her channel, ā€˜Talk with Sanaā€™. I didnā€™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…

  • Shout About Your Wins!

    Hello everyone! Here I am (a day late!!) to remind myself and everyone to celebrate our achievements. So, what have you got done this week? Whether itā€™s building up an email list of readers, publishing a blog post or reading/baking to fill up your creative wells. Iā€™d love to know! #shoutaboutyourwins This week our amazing…

  • Book Birthday šŸŽ‰šŸ„°

    šŸŽ‰ šŸŽ‰ Itā€™s my bookā€™s 1st Bā€™DAY!! šŸŽ‰šŸŽ‰Time for a GIVEAWAY!!Follow my blog & like this post to win a signed copy of ‘Finding Peace Through Prayer and Love’ written by me and published by @BeaconBooks.3 winners will be drawn at 1pm on Friday 7th Jan! Good Luck! šŸ‘šŸ˜Š # ā£.ā£.ā£.ā£.ā£.ā£ #giveaway #selfhelp #amazon #amwriting…

  • Letā€™s Celebrate a Lifelong Learner!

    Hey lovely people, Today we have a guest post from the fabulous and highly inspirational lifelong adult learner, Zahida Azam. Zahida was asked to take part in the Learning and Work Instituteā€™s 100 Year Birthday event this week which was attended by Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal. A huge congratulations to Zahida! You can…

  • A Blank Page

    Hey there, It must be a record- 3 posts in a week- I canā€™t remember the last time I did that! Iā€™ve been asked to write for National Poetry Day by my fellow writer friend, the lovely Nazira Vania. The idea is to put this up on a Twitter thread along with other members of…

  • Using Your Strengths to Write

    We, who are your closest friends, feel the time has come to tell you that every Thursday we have been meeting, as a group, to devise ways to keep you in perpetual uncertainty frustration discontent and torture by neither loving you as much as you want nor cutting you adrift. Your analyst is in on…

  • Shortlisted For the Golden Door Award 2021!

    Super thrilled that my book, Finding Peace Through Prayer and Love, published by @BeaconBooks has been shortlisted for the GOLDEN DOOR 2021 Award- Truth & Integrity of the Written Word!! Find out more here: GoldenDoorAwards.com/GoldenDoor2021 Why not join us on 4th September for the awards ceremony? In the meantime, if you havenā€™t already, buy it…

  • Finding Peace Through Prayer and Love is Available on Amazon!

    Finding Peace Through Prayer and Love is Available on Amazon!

    Part 1 Chapter 1 Today Iā€™d like to introduce my first chapter to you. It covers how my life changed after 9/11, how I came to practice Islam more seriously and how my identity has helped shaped my faith, and ultimately, my relationship with Allah. I kickstart this short and snappy audio series with the…