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Excerpt from 'Far Away From Here' | Fiction
How dare Fatima come home and act all nonchalant, like she hadn’t left and stopped calling shortly after the storm. Asking Tahani questions about what…
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Ambata Kazi
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In Conversation with: Reem Gaafar, author of A Mouth Full of Salt
You need to write a lot, write badly, in order to get better. The hardest part of being a writer is having to actually write.
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Qalb Writers Collective
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who & what will be lost the day technology replaces teachers | Non-Fiction
Nodding to Rebecca/ So she can grab the class comfort beanie baby/ Her anxiety is flaring up again/ Her knee uncontrollably chattering against the desk
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Jaweerya Mohammad

June 2025

Craft Lessons #2: I Read Annie Dillard's 'The Writing Life' So You Don't Have To
Every word should matter. Ask yourself: what would you write if you knew your time was short?
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Qalb Writers Collective
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Good Girl | Fiction
In this household, you do as you’re told, no questions. Whatever it is you’re feeling – passion, anger, rage – you swallow deep inside you, regardless…
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Suad Kamardeen
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In Conversation with: LaYinka Sanni, author of A Beautiful Homecoming
You have to be your biggest advocate for your vision for the book — layout, cover design, quality, even the edits to your voice! You’re not a pushover…
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Qalb Writers Collective

May 2025

Craft Lessons #1: The Unseen Character
Reading characters that fit so well with the setting is as satisfying as watching round pegs fit into round holes.
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Qalb Writers Collective
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Short Story: Excerpt from 'Berlin'
I do not tell them that sometimes loneliness closes in on me like a roof caving in, a weight so heavy I have to stuff my mouth with chunks of my duvet…
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Suad Kamardeen
In Conversation with: Hannah Alkadi, author of Roumana Makes Suhoor
You might not ever make a legacy. But you did it because you thought it was the right thing, and that even one person could benefit.
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Qalb Writers Collective
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Excerpt from: The Muslim (M)other
If womanhood as it is socially constructed involves a very particular and loud projection of beauty and sexuality, then many Muslim women simply aren’t…
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Mariya bint Rehan
We are back!
Re-introducing Qalb Writers Collective
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Qalb Writers Collective

June 2024

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