Najiyah Maxfield serves as the Head of Publishing at Daybreak Press, Rabata’s award-winning non-profit publishing house, and holds a Ribāt Teaching Certificate.
Anse Najiyah has authored many articles, poems, and short stories. Her young adult novel “Sophia’s Journal” is a time-travel adventure for which Daybreak Press also produced a companion curriculum. She is also the co-author with Anse Dr. Tamara Gray of Project Lina: Bringing our Whole Selves to Islam.
Anse Najiyah serves as an instructor at Ribāt Riverstead in the areas of writing and public speaking, leads a Rabata halaqa, and facilitates Project Lina workshops. She is founder and CEO of The Prairie Commons, an organization that supports the Muslims in her small Kansas town and provides opportunities for the whole community to serve, study, and socialize together.
When not writing, editing, or speaking, Najiyah can be found thrifting, playing “The Floor is Lava” with her seven grandkids, or trying to get a clear pic of the moon.
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