Apology for the delay in article =)

Salam All. I pray that you are in the best of health. I should have sent this email a long time ago but me and time aren’t really the best of friends. I know I said that I’d write an article about the stages involved within a Nikkah from a woman’s POV and I haven’t BUT I have a good excuse so please, hear me out. A few weeks ago, I got in contact with a Publishing company who proof read part of my book and....have agreed to publish it once complete! This is BIG news and mashallah AMAZING news. I am determined to get the book finished by the New Year and so, have been trying to write as much of it as I can whenever I can which means that my articles have been affected. That’s not to say that I have given up on writing articles altogether. It is difficult to balance out the two alongside the stress of sixth form but I shall Inshallah begin writing the article soon. I will continue to keep you updated with the progress of the book and pray that Allah swt makes it easy for me – for us all. If you’re wondering how far I have gotten with the book, I have almost finished chapter 5. Here is a little excerpt from the book for you to enjoy (I hope)

I’m 21 years of age and in no hurry to marry although my grandma seems to think otherwise. Without fail one o clock sharp on a Saturday afternoon, she’d be ringing the door bell and claiming that she has been knocking for twenty minutes when in actual fact it has been two. She would then make herself comfortable on the sofa, demand for a traditional Pakistani cup of tea before staring at me through her rather odd looking spectacles and grinning like a Cheshire cat. This can only mean one thing and one thing only – She has been busy exchanging photographs with her match making partners in crime in an attempt to hitch me up with some freshy from back home.

Until next time stay safe, remember me in your duas and keep smiling! Asalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu. Alima