Sana Faqir took part in the first MWP Fellowship. In this conversation, she reflects on her journey, the story she published through the programme, and the skills, confidence and opportunities she gained along the way.
Read Sana’s published story: “You’re Taking Us Back To Our Childhood” How The Pearl Group Is Transforming Mental Health For Scotland’s South Asian Muslim Women Over 50
To make our Fellowship stories more accessible, all articles are also available in audio, allowing audiences to listen to each story in addition to reading it.
Sana A. Faqir is a Scottish Pakistani writer whose work focuses on identity, belonging, and the lived experiences of Muslim and South Asian women in Scotland. Through both her nonfiction and fiction work, Sana aims to make Muslim women of all ages feel seen. Learn more about Sana’s work through her Instagram.
“I didn’t really think of myself as a journalist before this. Since then I have pitched to other places and had that confidence like, “Well I built up this portfolio, I’ve actually got this quite major thing that I’ve done as part of this”.”
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