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How To Buy My Books
You can buy Telltale Food: Writings from The Fay Khoo award 2017-2019 from Kinokuniya, Gerakbudaya Penang and Localbooks.sg
You can buy Bitter Root, Sweet Fruit from Gerakbudaya or MPH.
You can buy Finding Jamilah and The Story of Yusuf from Amazon’s Kindle store.
Happy reading!
Story Synopsis
Finding Jamilah
Jamilah Henderson knows three things: her mother is invincible, her hamster can’t stay still, and no matter how much she tries, she won’t fit in. When tragedy strikes her family, her world turns upside down. Will she heal the twenty-year rift between her grandparents and her parents? Finding Jamilah is a story about love, identity, and the gift of forgiveness.
The Story of Yusuf
“Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment, and especially on their children, than the unlived life of the parents.” – Carl Jung.
Yusuf Mohamed is in his final year of highschool, and the stakes are high. The pressure is on for him to excel, and to be the doctor that his father always wanted him to be. Truth be told, Yusuf doesn’t want to be a doctor. He wants to be the opposite of the medical or anatomical; he wants to be a poet and explore metre and rhyme. How will he reconcile his dreams and his father’s?
My Interviews
Neurodiversity in SFF – Panel – QuaranCon2022
My Articles
SBS Voices
The joy of seeing Marvel’s first Muslim superhero
Seeing the women of my family at crossroads
Like many Asian mothers, I’m learning to ‘untiger’ myself
As an Asian woman, I understand the undercurrent of fear
I loved seeing the Asian diaspora in a Marvel film
Finding peace when you are irritated by most sounds
Malay phrases I won’t be using on my children
My Malay-Indian kids help me get closer to my roots
I loved reading fantasy growing up but there were never any characters like me
As an Asian woman, I understand the undercurrent of fear
In Raya, I finally identify with a Disney heroine’s journey
How I write knowing my relatives might be upset or offended
I practiced confinement after having my babies
How I will be celebrating Eid this year
I loved fantasy novels as a kid but could never fully relate
The messy reality of postpartum bodies is one we must confront
Shopping as an introvert is a whole new level of pain
Rivals for affection – how siblings survive narcissistic parents
Surviving life with a narcissistic parent
Being a Muslim doesn’t equal being Arab
Why the silence around family estrangement hurts
My best friend helps me cope with life as a sensory avoidant mum
How becoming a mum changed my art
My baby girl is a strong-willed child and I love her for it
Now that I’m a mum, I understand my own mother so much more
How two introverted parents can make an extrovert child
Muslim Matters
Quran Culture in Malaysia : Connecting Little Hearts To Islam
Laylatul Qadr For The Busy Caregiver
The Serenity Of Shawwal: Tips For Mothers
About Islam
5 Best Tips Before Making Your Final College Decision
How to Deal with Attraction to Non-Muslims
10 Steps to Quitting Pornography Addiction
A Quick Guide to Forming Healthy Friendships
What Wearing Hijab Means to You Today
SeekersHub Blog
An Exhausted Mother’s Eid Reflections
Daily Life
Noisy playdates, and other challenges of being an introverted mum
10 Things That Will Actually Happen After Having A Baby
The Value Of The Asian Tradition of Postpartum Lie-Ins
How I Came To Have An Unassisted Home Birth
What It’s Really Like To Wear Hijab
The Feminist Wire
What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Venture Beat
Skyrim Is Better When It’s A Family Affair
Lip Mag
Mountains, Moonsets and Migrating Camels
Suicide And The Hollywood Machine: Why Do So Many Actors Take Their Own Lives?
Firstborn Syndrome: What Does Your Birth Order Say About You?
HSC: The Not-So-Final Frontier
MuslimVillage
Let’s Talk About Sex – Or Can’t We?
My Interviews
My Interview with Muslimah Montage
My Radio Interview on Marriage with Y Factor
My Creative Non-Fiction
My Poetry
Opening The Eye of The Heart II
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