Women of the North By Fareedah Mohammed Munir

The Arewa Anthology is a collection of stories from northern Nigerian women. It highlights the highs and lows of being a woman from different aspects of Arewa life: as daughters, friends, wives, sisters, and mothers.

Fareedah Mohammed Munir writes about health, culture, and education. She has a bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. Fareedah’s first published article was a class assignment in high school. Since then, her articles have been published in newspapers and online platforms. She also indulges in teaching, photography, painting, poetry and activism.

Fareedah was born in Iraq and has lived in Nigeria, Libya, Venezuela, Burkina Faso and Turkey, where her interest in different cultures flourished. She has three children: Muhammad, Omar and Nafisah.