Student of the Month – July
Melissa Westbrook grew up in the country in a very small town outside St. Louis, Missouri. She attended law school at NYU and ended up living and working in New …
Student of the Month – June
June 2021 Ribaat Student of the Month – Sadaf Syed Originally born in Chicago, Sadaf Syed grew up in Saudi Arabia and California, and returned to Chicago after marriage. …
Student of the Month – May
May 2021 Ribaat Student of the Month – Gety Siddiqui Gety Siddiqui is a mom of two grown children and a retired travel consultant. Originally from Pakistan, she now resides …
Student of the Month – April
April 2021 Ribaat Student of the Month – Evonne Saleh Evonne Saleh grew up in North Dakota but currently resides in Minnesota with her family. They love the beautiful landscape and …
Student of the Month – March
Aalia Siddiqui was born in Pakistan and moved to the States right after high school. She settled in Illinois, where she started a family and her career. The mom of …
Taproots: Trot Past Tropes – Najiyah Maxfield
I’ve been thinking a lot this week about tropes. If you read enough or watch enough films, you will begin to feel allergic to them. There’s the “Rebellious Teenager” trope. …
Jacaranda Blossoms: A poem by Shaziya Barkat
Tahajjud commit yourself to the dawn, for when the night becomes the company to your solitude it is your prayer that awakens, chisel in hand and carves the marble stone …
Taproots: by Resident Writer Khadijah Abdul-Haqq
It’s the first day of my low res MFA program and this year, thanks to Covid, we are virtual. I click on the join link with all trepidation of a …
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Branching Out
This week we heard about a novelist who has hired a friend to do her social media posts, and a creative nonfiction writer who has hired her niece to transcribe …
Student of the Month – February
Ribaat Student of the Month ~ February 2021 Rusha Atfeh Rusha Atfeh is of Syrian origin and was raised in Tampa, Florida, where she currently resides with her husband and 3 …