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  • 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 it’s building up an email list of readers, publishing a blog post or reading/baking to fill up your creative wells. I’d love to know! #shoutaboutyourwins This week our amazing…

  • Golden Door Certificate

    Oh yeah, here’s my certificate!! (Please see previous post for context!) ⁣.⁣.⁣.⁣.⁣.⁣ #amwriting #authorsofinstagram #award #bibliophile #book #bookaward #bookcommunity #bookish #booklover #booknerd #books #booksbooksbooks #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #bookstoread #muslimauthor #nonfiction #igreads #indieauthor #nonfiction #selfpublished #winner #writing #writingcommunity

  • The Golden Door Truth Writers Award 2021

    Hello and good morning lovely people! I’m so excited to share this video with the lovely Melanie Falvey, where I speak about my book and writing in general. This video came about when I was shortlisted for the Golden Door Award, for which I then went on to WIN the Bronze Golden Door Book Award!…

  • What Do Your Children Mean to You? Write About It!​

    On Twitter somebody asked whether having kids was all bad. What she had heard recently had put her off kids for life!! Oh dear 😬 This was my response. What’s yours? ⁣.⁣.⁣.⁣.⁣.⁣ #love #family #childrenarethebest #mykidsaremylife❤️ #mykids❤️ #happykids #kids #mykidsrock #mykidsmyworld #mykidshave4legs #happy #mykidsarerad #life #mykidsarethecutest #mykidsareawesome #momlife #childhood #instagood #children #childrenarethebest #mykidsaremyeverything #mykidsaremylife #mykidsloveme…

  • 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 I’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…

  • Mental Health 2020

    Hey guys, I’m so excited to show this to you. In my first week as Non-Fiction Editor at The Remnant Archive I’ve been blessed to work on this awesome project with our hard-working team. It’s so important to take every moment that we go through seriously. To take stock of the situation and not expect…

  • An Up and a Down in My Freelancing Journey

    Things are not always straight forward in life. My new career choice is one of them. Freelancing has highs and lows. This week I have lost some regular work from a trusted client. It’s got me hustling and pitching like crazy again. I was kinda down because I was relying on the extra cash to…

  • Gratitude Is Everything!

    Sometimes it’s easy to see what’s missing, what others have, what you need to live a dream life. Realisation that this life isn’t meant to be perfect helps so much! Stop and smell the roses, splash in a paddling pool and give your time to those you love. Be grateful for every breath you take,…

  • News to share. So exciting! Dreams do come true…📖 👀

    News to share. So exciting! Dreams do come true…📖 👀

    Hey Salaams lovely readers, I’m so excited to announce that I have been selected, after an informal chat held on the phone from the USA (🤩), to be a Creative Non Fiction Reader for the Mud Season Review. This is an Art and Literature journal which states: MISSION We seek to celebrate the full process…

  • Fiction: Yes, She Was Different

    Fiction: Yes, She Was Different

    Yes, She Was Different All she wanted was to be treated as a human. When Leila’s face was covered they turned away. The invisible woman. When her head was covered, a passenger in a nondescript white van shouted out of his window, tyres hissing in the rain. He spat at her whilst driving by, leaving…