Introducing... our Staff Bloggers

It's a pleasure to announce An-Najm's new bloggers: Najiyah and Balqees. As a way of an introduction, here's a little about each of them.

Najiyah Helwani is a Syrian-based writer and author of Sophia's Journal: Time Warp 1857 published by Muslim Writers Publishing. Besides Sophia's Journal, she has had a short story, "Carnage", published in the Spring edition of Damazine (http://damazine.com). She has also had dozens of articles published in newspapers, won best in state for an article on the loss of civil liberties when she took a journalism class last year, and has had one article each in Q-News and Azizah magazines. 

Balqees Mohammed is a Saudi-based writer, and a contributor of two poems and short story in the anthology Between Love, Hope & Fear, and is a member of IWA, with contacts with many professionals in the growing world of Islamic Fiction. She also has some contacts in the world of secular writing and fiction, which she'll be using as a springboard for interesting articles of merit and importance.

Our bloggers will be blogging regularly, so be sure to check back regularly for refreshing posts and exciting content.

Happy reading!




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