Interview Questions for Nadirah
1. Could you give us a brief introduction about yourself? What do you do and where are you from?
Hello there, I am Nadirah, I am from Perak, Malaysia. I am 28 years old. I am a bachelor of optometry
graduate and currently in my final year for my postgraduate studies, which is masters in
biomedicine. I have pass my viva and now just completing my corrections for final submission. I work
as full time writer. I am an author of more than 10 books, this includes ebooks and physical
books and all of my books were written in english. My first physical book was a motivational book
titled'Leap!'. My second physical book was a poetry book titled'Dancing souls' published under an
international publishing company. My third physical book title'Invoke' was also a poetry book and
it's about the 99 names of Allah. Invoke has now currently been officially published in by whitecoat
group publishing company, which can be considered as my fourth book. Regarding my ebooks there
were 9 of them, they are about self help and poetry.
Furthermore there is also another book that will soon be published this year which is my fifth
physical book. The book has been scheduled to be published in June by Iman publication. Apart from
writing books I find joy in writing reviews on products or places that I discover. I write, capture good
photos and create non-disappointing videos about the unique, modern, urban, and aesthetic places
or products. I would always touch on the great experience of being at the place or using the
products and share its benefits on my instagram (s.n_writes__) with my more than 14K fellow
followers.
I have experience in reviewing a marriot bonvoy five star hotel which is the renaissance hotel in
Johor bahru, Malaysia and also I have collaborated with local and international companies. So far I
have collaborated with more than 50 companies.In addition, I love doing visual arts such as
paintings, sketching and art journaling. I do sell my artworks online. And I received overwhelming
support for my business. You check out my art accounts on instagram ( (chiaroscuro _artart ,
mildjournaling_ )
Moreover I am a book reviewer. I collaborated with different publishing companies and received
books from publishing companies such as jejak tarbiah, PTS, bibliobuku, gempak stars, times read,
pansing definitely books, rimbunan publishing, bookxcess, and etc. for review tasks.
2. How did you first get into writing and publishing? What drew you to it?
Ever since I was a child, I would love to reminisce and write about my days in the United Kingdom.
My father pursued his PHD over there so the whole family tag along. Been there for almost 6 years. I
spent my childhood days in Manchester, Leads and London. I like to write about what happen on
that day, what did I ate, how was the whether, was I happy or sad, what did I wear, how were the
teachers at school in journals or diaries. I love to collect and write in journals, diaries or notebooks.
Especially the ones with cute and colourful designed covers! My father used to bought me journals,
diaries or notebooks, he would always supported me, told me to reach for the stars and encourage
me to dream big. I can still remember this note that he wrote to me when I was little: