Naima B. Robert – I am on a mission…

The reality is I never ever thought that

I would be a writer, especially after I

became Muslim, after I had my family,

started wearing jibab, niqab,

it just was not part of my vision.

And I definitely didn't think I had anything

to say.

But you know, what I've come to understand

in the years since I started writing, which

is a good 20 years now, is that

every one of us has a story to

tell. Every one of us has a message

to share and every one of us has

knowledge. Knowledge that's needed out in the world.

My job is to help you

own your story, recognize the value of your

message

and distill that knowledge

that is being waited for right now. Because

believe it or not, there are people out

there in the world

who need what it is that you have

to give.

So the work that I do now,

simply about helping

my ladies

see themselves.

See themselves the way that we see them.

Recognize what it is that they have to

bring to the table.

And then give them a system and a

structure and a framework and a support network

to be able to get that book out

into the world.

Because

that book is

the clearest

download

of the gifts that you have. Lots of

us think that, you know, we post on

social media, you know, we talk to our

friends, we talk to our family, we talk

to our children, but those stories and those

messages and that knowledge

are never as clear and concise

as they will be in a book. And

that's why I believe that every one of

us has a book within,

and my job is to help you to

discover the book within.

So let's do this.