Join Jozi's Books and Blogs Festival 2022 Online #JozisBBF2022
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While events are slowly starting to take place like they did pre-COVID, Jozi's Books and Blogs Festival received such an overwhelming response online last year that festival organiser and founder Dr. Zaheera Jina Asvat has bookmarked the second online Jozi's BBF.
As was seen in 2021, this year the festival will also be hosted via ZOOM sessions with the help of Noorul M Promotions on Saturday, 30th July 2022.
Co-Founder of iloveza.com and published contributing author Nabihah Plaatjes will be chairing one of the sessions this year where panelists will be discussing how to create a social media presence.
The programme for 2022 is packed once again with informative and educational sessions from a story writing course to start the day, to the process of publishing books for children as well as recipe books.
All you need to know about, and how to join each FREE (#itsmahala) session for #JozisBBF2022 on 30 July 2022 is listed below:
Session 1: Story Writing
Time: 09h00 to 10h30
Hosted by: Raashida Khan
Meeting ID: 899 0287 1763
Passcode: 388092
About Raashida Khan
Raashida Khan (Raashi) is a 51-year old South African Indian Muslim living in Johannesburg. She was born in Durban, her favourite city where she lived for the first twenty-seven years of her life. Raashida studied at the University of KwaZulu Natal qualifying with BA Hons (Economic History) in 1992. Raashida worked at a bank before marrying and moving to Gauteng where she worked as a project manager at three NGOs, and in client service at several marketing and advertising agencies. She loves books and reading and has always wanted to write fiction. Raashida has been married for twenty-three years and has two sons, aged 20 and 18.
As a caring, compassionate and empathetic person who loves observing people and life, she is a storyteller of note. She would like to be remembered as ‘never boring.’ A content creator, copywriter, editor and proofreader by day, she is as passionate about being an author, poet, wife, mother and friend – a unicorn that does exist. Raashida facilitates workshops on writing prose and poetry and discussions around her passion projects.
Her short story Your Voice, My Strength was selected as the winning entry for the 2017 Irtiqa Online Magazine (South African Muslim Women’s Short Story Competition). Raashida was on the judging panel for the 2019 Irtiqa Short Story Competition. Another short story, It’s not Funny, appears in the Happy Holidays Anthology available on Amazon. Her contribution, Hungry, darling? appears in Saffron: A Collection of Personal Narratives by Muslim Women (launched 8 April 2018). Another of her stories appears in The Drumbeats for Africa (an anthology project by The Durban Review). Womandla (collection of women’s short stories, essays and poetry), launched earlier this year in Durban, features her short story, A Hundred Times Over.
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Session 2: The Importance of Telling Our Stories
Time: 11h00 to 12h30
Hosted by: Ayesha Kajee, Quraisha Dawood, Razina Theba, Joanne Joseph, and Shubnum Khan
Meeting ID: 820 4923 0037
Passcode: 813587
About Ayesha Kajee
Ayesha Kajee is a South Africa-based consultant on governance, human rights and education issues. She previously served as Executive Director of the Freedom of Expression Institute and as the first director of the International Human Rights Exchange at Wits University in Johannesburg.
At the South African Institute of International Affairs, she headed the Africa Political Parties project. A skilled teacher, Ayesha has lectured courses in Politics, International Relations and Human Rights.
Her extensive travels through much of sub-Saharan Africa have facilitated an understanding of the governance and rights landscape in several regions. Key focus countries include Sudan, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Malawi, Mauritius, Liberia, Kenya, Ghana and Angola.
An activist feminist devoted to capacity building, Ayesha is a founder member of the Right2Know campaign.
About Quraisha Dawood
Quraisha Dawood is a South African sociologist and writer. In 2002, she published an anthology of poems entitled Jewels of Faith: Poems for Muslim Youth. She has since been published in Reader’s Digest, Irtiqa magazine, Al-Qalam, Al-Ummah, the Sunday Tribune, Riding the Samoosa Express and Saffron, as well as academic journals. In 2020, she published Almost Me, an autobiographical account of her journey through miscarriage, postpartum depression and motherhood. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal and is currently the research manager of a private higher education institution. Stirring the Pot is her first novel.
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About Razina Theba
Razina Theba is a mother, attorney and writer. Her memoir, A Home on Vorster Street (Jonathan Ball Publishers ) is a spirited exploration of a colourful Indian-Muslim family bound by loyalty to their culture, community, religion and each other. Razina’s debut novel was chosen by two reviewers as their Book of the Year in the Sunday Times for 2021 and it has been long-listed for the Sunday Times Literary Awards.
About Joanne Joseph
Joanne Joseph is an established South African media personality and bestselling author, with over 20 years of experience. She has hosted prominent radio and television shows for major broadcasters, including the South African Broadcasting Corporation and Primedia House. Her book Drug Muled sold over 10 000 copies. Children of Sugarcane is Joanne’s first work of fiction.
About Shubnum Khan
Shubnum Khan is a South African author and artist. Her first novel, Onion Tears, about three generations of South African Indian Muslim women was shortlisted for the Penguin Prize for African Writing. In 2012 she was selected as the Mail & Guardian's 200 young South Africans.
Shubnum Khan is a South African author and artist. Her first novel, Onion Tears, about three generations of South African Indian Muslim women was shortlisted for the Penguin Prize for African Writing. In 2012 she was selected as the Mail & Guardian's 200 young South Africans.
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Session 3: Publishing Recipe Books
Time: 13h00 - 14h00
Hosted by: Bibi Aysha Laher, Chilli Chocolate Chefs, and Riyaaz Safi
Meeting ID: 867 6692 0480
Passcode: 404157
About Bibi Aysha Laher
Tranformation Life Coach, Presenter & Producer of Youth Talk on Radio Islam International every Saturday, Presenter and producer of Phenomenal Women on Radio IFM 88.3, Motivational Speaker, professional MC (Programme Director), Public speaking coach, voiceover artist, Foundation phase specialist educator with over 20 years of teaching experience.
Volunteer at Africa Muslims Agency, brand ambassador for Super Coach International, passionate about cooking and beach crazy.
About Riyaaz Safi
With two decades of experience in radio, much-loved presenter & MC, Riyaaz Safi, has gotten up-close and personal with some of the best industry professionals in his new podcast, Thinking Out Loud - a Season style Podcast covering lifestyle series.
Riyaaz has completed his BA in Communication Science from UNISA and completed a Diploma in Radio Production and Presenting with the London School of Radio & Television while living in the UK. He has interviewed some of the biggest stars in South Africa and the Bollywood scene including Priyanka Chopra, Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan and many others.
Session 4 : Publishing Children's Books
Time: 14h30 - 15h30
Hosted by: Shafinaaz Hassim, Fatima Ragie, Dharmisha Cvetkovic, Maimoonah Gori Moola, and Fatuma Abdullah
Meeting ID: 848 0609 5234
Passcode: 256069
About Shafinaaz Hassim
Shafinaaz Hassim is an award-winning author and sociologist. She hosts a popular online book review show, BookBytes. Her thirteen titles include the novel 'Sophia' , shortlisted for the SALA and UJ Literary Awards, and the novel 'The Economics of Love and Happiness' which was long-listed for the NIHSS Literary Award 2021. She was commended by UNESCO in 2014 as one of the top 39 fiction writers in Africa under the age of 40. Her works include the Nisa Qamar series for young adults which has been shortlisted twice in the Minara AH Literary awards, and the Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature 2019.
About Fatima Ragie
Instructional Designer | WITS Digital Campus Lecturer | Bushwillow Books | MSc Ecology, Environment and Conservation (Wits)
About Dharmisha Cvetkovic
Dharmisha Cvetkovic is an author & illustrator of children’s books that teach kids the inter-connected nature of life. She volunteers as an Art of Living yoga, meditation & breathwork teacher believing in its potential for human disruption. She is also an IoT expert and Consultant experienced in 4IR technology and exponential thinking.
Dharmisha was selected by the Department of Arts and Culture to speak at Madiba’s Centenary on her journey as a children’s book author. She is a fresh perspective in a rapidly accelerating world.
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About Maimoonah Gori Moola
Maimoonah Gori is an author and teacher and Life Coach.
Maimoonah has Self published books 14 children Islamic story books.
She runs a publishing company called Nur ul kids.
Maimoonah is also a creative writing facilitator and has helped kids publish and write their stories.
Maimoonah also has written poetry and inspirational cards.
She has also written an anthology called the Gravedigger and Mandla and the Taxi War.
She runs online creative Writing workshops for kids and adults.
About Fatuma Abdullah
Fatuma Abdullah is a student of life, an economics and business graduate and an AfriCan Award winning author. She is the founder of Akiki Dolls and Children’s Books. She has to date self-published 6 children’s books and a kids travel journal.
Fatuma is passionate about African representation in children’s books, teaching and connecting children through diverse relatable stories. She advocates reading for pleasure among children. Her work includes partnering with Children of the Dawn, Help2Read, A21, AfriCan Child Your Time in Now and others. She was part of the Schools Reading Road Show committee, which encourages young readers and supports them with books from independent authors.
She is now writing for an African Animated TV series Azania Rises. She is a mother of two and lives with her family in Johannesburg.
Session 5: Social Media
Time: 16h00 to 17h00
Hosted by: Nabihah Plaatjes, Mumtaz Moosa Saley, Razeen Gutta, Zaid Ismail, and Safiyyah Sujee
Meeting ID: 848 3232 4417
Passcode: 734815
About Nabihah Plaatjes
Nabihah Plaatjes is the co-founder of an Award-winning Digital Media, Marketing and Advertising Company called iloveza.com. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree with majors in Media, Marketing and English. Nabihah is a contributing author to the book, Saffron: A Collection of Personal Narratives and has also created an Instastory book for children, called "Give me a High Five"
About Mumtaz Moosa Saley
“Author, content producer for radio, passionate activist and blogger.
Each of my blogs that I have written highlight social ills, human rights violations and racism that many still suffer today.”
About Zaid Ismail
Zaid Ismail is an author, coach for life, and a mental health activist who believes that we need to change the narrative of how we see ourselves. He is also a single parent who is closely connected to the struggles of youth to find their place in this crazy world.
Zaid is passionate about encouraging others towards understanding their experience as human beings so that they may learn how to value themselves beyond the self-talk in the mirror.
About Razeen Gutta
Having just completed his Honours degree in Journalism at the University of the Witwatersrand, Razeen has always made it a responsibility to have a simultaneous media career while furthering his studies.
He takes a keen interest in sports and entertainment and has built a portfolio of work for various national outlets across the countty.
He is the the head writer at Bollywood Frenzy (Facebook) and you can also connect with him on his personal Instagram blog.
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