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Shireen Hakim

Shireen Hakim is the author of the award-winning refugee story "Rabbi the Rabbit" in the anthology OUT OF MANY, ONE: CELEBRATING DIVERSITY. She is a Contributing Writer for We Need Diverse Books. She has written for HelloGiggles and NaNoWriMo blog. Shireen has a writing certificate from Stanford University Online.

My WILD Trip to Toronto: From Codependent to Emotionally Detoxed

Taking those first trepidatious steps toward independence, a reader finds support and encouragement in Cheryl Strayed's WILD.

LOVE FROM A TO Z: S.K. Ali is the Role Model Muslim Women Need

A reader picks LOVE FROM A TO Z as a top spring read and talks about how S.K. Ali and Zayneb are wonderful role models for Muslim women.