They say that writing is a calling: I felt that calling as a young teen, but only in secret. Even at such a young age I was only too aware that my writing would not be taken seriously. It would not be encouraged and I would certainly be told to …
Hafsah Zamir-Khan is a zealous NaNo-er and reckons you should be one too. You’re asking if I have I ever wanted to write a novel? Is that a silly question? I guess there a very few people who haven’t fantasized about writing a novel and becoming an international bestselling …
There’s something cathartic about a storm, As if the heavens had imbued All the torment and misery of this world Into dark nebulous clouds And reached a rumbling rage Pain that could no longer be contained – Like tears, it only takes an unchecked trickle for the torrent to cascade …
‘You’re in every thought, in every line I have ever read since I first came here. You’re in the river, the sails of ships, the sea, the clouds, the stones of London. Until the last hours of my life, you will remain in me.’ I’m surprised it has taken me …
After deciding to make a gift for her niece, Hafsah Zamir-Khan found an abundance of benefits in her new hobby. When my sister-in-law fell pregnant with my niece, the first baby in our family, I took up crochet so I could make my much-awaited niece something special, a keepsake, like those my Nan had made …
Hafsah Zamir-Khan catches up with the exciting new happenings at the UK’s preeminent green Muslim youth organisation. We live in a world where half of the population is living in absolute poverty – that’s three billion people. MADE in Europe is a movement led by young Muslims who are assisting the Muslim community in leading …
Hafsah Zamir-Khan talks to Farrah Azam of Bespoke Henna about inspiration, process and well-being. Hafsah Zamir-Khan: Please tell us about your background and the inception of Bespoke Henna. Farrah Azam: As a graduate In Criminology and Psychology, my background is not one you would immediately associate with an artist. Although I have never …
That’s exactly what I need. To be told to Get lost and Write. Because, seriously, there is no way on earth I’m going to be able to edit those awful 50,000 words I wrote in November unless I do NaNo again. Oh I tried, in our Facebook group, NaNoWrimo for …
I set up this blog last year as a change from my old blog where I was only reviewing books and period dramas. I wanted to dedicate a space for my own writing; I felt that blogging about about the work of others was holding me back from my own …
I want to feel overwhelmed My senses blown My soul shaken – Hafsah @Esoteric Sips
