Re-upping this post...because @nswriting.bsky.social has only gone and been shortlisted!
Over the moon that even more readers will be introduced to her writing and, through her, to the legendary Nusayba bint Ka’ab al Khazrajia. #JhalakPrize2025
A graphic bearing the text: The Jhalak Prize: Namesake by N.S. Nuseibeh shortlisted for the 2025 Jhalak Prose Prize in partnership with National Book Tokens. Taran N. Khan, judge of the prize called Namesake: 'A powerful yet tender meditation on feminine agency, faith and loss'
Chuffed to announce that NAMESAKE, @nswriting.bsky.social's wonderful collection of essays exploring what it means to be a young secular Muslim woman, and reflecting on her ancestor Nusayba, the only woman warrior to have fought alongside the Prophet, has been shortlisted for the #JhalakPrize2025!
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Absolutely blown away by the Jhalak Prize 2025 longlist! Huge congratulations to this incredible list of books & authors on the list 🤩📚🎉
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