In the Name of Allah
Most Gracious-Most Merciful

Umm Zakiyyah
 

Umm Zakiyyah currently resides in Washington, D.C. USA. She is an internationally acclaimed author of the If I Should Speak trilogy and the novels Realities of Submission and Hearts We Lost. Her professional interests are writing and art. She grew up in a Muslim home in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. In 1997, she graduated from Emory University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in elementary education. She went on to make a name for herself as a writer, teacher, and inspirational speaker. She appeared on radio and TV in the United States and Canada, and was a guest lecturer at national conferences and youth events.

Organization and Group Membership/Affiliations

IWA member

Published Work

Umm Zakiyyah has authored and had published five books:

Hearts We Lost
Realities of Submission
Footsteps
A Voice
If I Should Speak (first IF novel published in 2001)

She has written numerous articles that can be read on her website and/or blog. One notable and outstanding article, Is Writing Fiction Allowed? What’s your Proof?, is published at “Saudi Life” March 5, 2011 and can be read at: http://www.saudilife.net/component/content/article/87-challenges/8723-is-writing-fiction-allowed-whats-your-proof

Awards

In 2008, she was awarded the Muslim Girls Unity Conference Distinguished Authors Award.

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