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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!

  • Auction For Palestine

    I’m so grateful to be included in this fantastic initiative via @book_palestine who are doing such a amazing job raising awareness and funds for such an incredibly important cause. So, are you an aspiring writer with a dream to get published? After six years of writing professionally, I have secrets to share! I’m offering a…

  • 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…

  • The Words

    Sometimes the words are #scrumptiousA delicate delight that dazzle and disappear on your tongue,At other times the words are bitter, hard to swallow, searing and scandalous.But each time the words are written, I close the book and smile.Because I turned up. #vss365 #amwriting #writing #writingfiction #writingcommunity #writingprompts #writinginspiration #ballerina #muse #writinglife #writingofinstagram #creativewriting #writingwarmup #newbook…

  • A new idea tantalises me…

    My new idea dances, tantalises, mesmerises, just out of my grasp.She’s on her tiptoesSpins and floatsDips out of reachA #ballerinaMy museShe’s up at 3 amI dream of herI know herShe’s comingAnd she’s going to tell me her storyWhen she doesI’ll listen #vss365 #amwriting #writing #writingfiction #writingcommunity #writingprompts #writinginspiration #ballerina #muse #writinglife #writingofinstagram #creativewriting #writingwarmup #newbook…

  • A Review of Talking at Night

    Definitely one to read…! (You can thank me later ☺️) Absolutely loved this. Yes, it’s a romantic love story. But then it’s so much more…. Like it’s long and more satisfying and sooo affecting and raw and honest and kind and good…So so good. Although I have to admit, it broke my heart…more than once…

  • 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…