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Assalamu allaykum everyone,

Hope you're all doing well. I'll start by introducing myself. My name is Halima and I'm a writer from the states. I've always wanted to pursue my dream of writing a book. I kept telling myself I'd get there years ago. Now I finally have.

My book is titled, 'Amilah' and it means hopeful in Arabic. It's also my first name spelled backwards...really

It's a book of short stories, with an underlining theme of hope. Some of the stories deal with domestic abuse, depression, family, culture, deen, Islamphobia, bullying, and more. There's seven stories in total and they cross a wide amount of issues.

It's available for purchase on Amazon. I would love it if you guys could support me and purchase a copy. If not I'm still happy you chose to open this thread and read it all the way through. Thank you.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to drop them below. Wa alaykum assalam.

Link to my book page:

https://www.amazon.com/Amilah-Halima-Ha ... rds=amilah

I am looking forward to read that book. I will order as soon as possible... I promise.

May be next week. Inshallah!

Don't tell us more , I will tell u in two weeks about what I discovered good or bad....

It is good thing to see Somali writers out there........

Thats good walal, will deff check it out, guuleyso

afisoone wrote: Sun Mar 05, 2017 5:14 pm I am looking forward to read that book. I will order as soon as possible... I promise.

May be next week. Inshallah!

Don't tell us more , I will tell u in two weeks about what I discovered good or bad....

It is good thing to see Somali writers out there........

Thank you! I appreciate the support. I wanted to post some excerpts of the book to give people a preview of what I've written. It'll be a small sample of some of the stories in the book.

A preview is a good idea. Another sister doing us proud mashAllah

Macarons wrote: Sun Mar 05, 2017 6:13 pm A preview is a good idea. Another sister doing us proud mashAllah

Thank you! Okay I'll post a few. I also shared them on another Somali forum

From Nasiib:

"It hadn’t even been a year later when Hooyo joined him. What seemed like an innocent lump in her left breast became the cause of her quick progression into illness. Having them out of my life at the age of seven burned a hole right through me. Orphaned and alone, Fowzi’s mother swept me up, taking me in as her own. Growing up in their warm home full of love still left me aching for my dead parents. I suppose that was another reason for my hesitance to come back home. Every memory would come rushing back to me, good or bad. I knew I wouldn’t be ready for any of them."

From Aabo:

"The hell is a shilling?” he asked, looking at the bill strangely. I was almost positive he had never seen one in his life. My stepdad, Ilyas, would get a good laugh from this kind of thing. He called people my age the “wallahi generation”, and shamed us for being out of touch with our culture. Lee was living proof of that.

From Haniya

"My parents were relentless as they reminded me of what they had to endure back in Somalia. Hooyo went on and on about the many miserable days of hunger, fear, travelling at night and being helpless. The effect she was seeking in me worked as I grew incredibly guilty. In their raging voices they demanded to know how someone as privileged as me could ever feel depressed. Afterwards, they began throwing out random accusations and assumed I was in some kind of serious trouble."

And here's one more:

From Amilah

"Before leaving, Khalid asked me for my number, which I happily gave to him. We were completely inseparable from that point on. There wasn't a day that went by where we didn't phone or message each other. Our love had reached its peak and I was enjoying the impeccable view. Three weeks later, Khalid proposed. It was pretty fast but I was convinced he was the one, so there was no looking back. Deep down inside I imagined myself being his wife and mother to his kids. I was sold on the idea of our love and marriage. To be honest, Khalid had me at salaam."

I'll try it inshallah

Typical Somali always asking for a handout...

PanSomaliNationalist wrote: Sun Mar 05, 2017 6:49 pm I'll try it inshallah

Thank you

Much love to everyone showing support!

I don't do charities.

Also anything promoted on Snet has no value for time or money.

Write something quality and leave the rest to the publication house.

If can't professionally promote your work, it tells me it's not worth the money or time needed for you to spend on.

Why should we; "wanna check"?

Do I think you and your work has potentials? You bet.


Good luck.



The Ras