Waheeda Joosab

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Durban-based author, educator and wellness counsellor, Waheeda Joosab is a mother of two who holds a BA Hons degree in Psychology. She is founder of Educator Wellness SA, an enterprise that focuses on the wellbeing of teachers. Waheeda also sustains an award-winning blog called What Waydi Says, where she focuses on positivity and spirituality. Kismet - for roses to blossom... is her first book.

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Kismet: For roses to blossom

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Book Review: Dear Waheed – a mother’s legacy of love and wisdom in 30 unforgettable letters, by Farhana Yunnus

There’s something special about receiving a book at the “right” time… and this one felt like that for me. I started reading Dear Waheed – a mother’s legacy of love and wisdom in 30 unforgettable letters almost to the day six years after Farhana Yunnus began writing it — the first letter is dated April...

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Book Review: Dear Waheed – a mother’s legacy of love and wisdom in 30 unforgettable letters, by Farhana Yunnus

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Where, Oh Where Can I Pray? by Zahra Rahman
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This is a delightful little book with cute little rhymes and illustrations(akin to Dr Suess). This author is multi-talented!
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The Lost Love of Akbar Manzil by Shubnum Khan
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I went in skeptical, but when the characters developed a few chapters in, I was hooked. It's a haunting and gothic tale with a touch of suspense and a timeless love story woven in. It's a slow burn, but it's a story that comes full circle. Definite Y ...more
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Bamba Butterfly by Lead-In Lady
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Reading it felt like I was sitting cross-legged at the feet of my grandmother, listening to a story that spans a lifetime.

It’s evident that the author has a personal connection to this story. There’s a gentle honesty in the telling, as if writing it
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Why Am I Like This? by Qaanitah Hunter
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if you're looking for a cliché happy ending, this isn't for you. This book is too 'real' for that.

This isn’t a neatly wrapped, feel-good, happy fiction. It's an honest look at a young (Gen Z) woman still figuring herself out in a big bad world... wh
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Bamba Butterfly by Lead-In Lady
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Why Am I Like This? by Qaanitah Hunter
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The Lost Love of Akbar Manzil by Shubnum Khan
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A Bend in the Road by Veena Pillay
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Veena Pillay’s 'A Bend in the Road' is a powerful coming-of-age novel set in 1970s apartheid South Africa, following the intertwined lives of four South African Indian girls as they navigate youth, identity, and the unspoken dangers of their environm ...more
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