Hina Ahmed

"Hina’s work is intricate and compelling: the words she uses to convey her experiences are positioned with deliberation and skill, and they are powerful, and capable of bringing us illumination and insight in a way that prompts us to recalibrate our own positions in the world. The stark and fraught complexities of this world in which we live are presented to us in Hina’s writing with her gifts of compelling truth and sincerity of thought and feeling." 

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--Dr. Devika Brendon, Writer, Columnist, Teacher, Reviewer, Academic, Consultant Editor of FemAsia Magazine, Editor of New Ceylon Writing. 

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"I think of musicians who blend old and new forms, and I see that in Hina’s work when writing about immigration and mental health: traditional culture and customs set in a modern world where immigrants aren’t always welcomed. In this way, Hina is not only blending, but acknowledging the tension of the supposed blend. Hina writes within and out of that rich tension. Her work is also intelligent, bodily, and experiential, which are often thought of as mutually exclusive, but Hina blends/acknowledges those various tensions by allowing those elements to occupy the same space."

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--Steven Dunn author of  'Potted Meat' and 'Water and Power'

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"The gift of all art forms, including writing whether poetry or prose, is to communicate one's feelings, experiences or insights, and by so doing establish a better connection and provide a deeper understanding of ourselves and others.  Hina's writings share with us the depth of her inner being in a way that expands our awareness and strengthens the innate connection we share with each other.  It is always a great joy to bathe in her words which like pure water nourishes, enriches and purifies whatever it comes in contact with.  It is my great fortune to know her not only as a writer, who's words express deep insights, but also through her gentle presence, the personified expression of her immense creativity."

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--Edmond Cotton, yoga/meditation teacher 

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 "Hina's writing made me want to know more, to understand. I wanted to hug some of her characters and I had the same insecurities as some of them. Hina's writing is an exciting trip in time, through generations. I'm so grateful to have read her."

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--Alicia Perez Estaban, author, artist, transformational teacher and founder of: 'I help you to Be On Your Side.'

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"Hina gestures to many essential in-between territories of experience, which is so important for a text that hopes to develop readers' empathy and expand the scope of representation for Muslim people."

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--Meghan Lamb author of 'Silk Flowers' and 'All of your Private Spaces.'

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