Najma Sharif is a storyteller.

Najma Sharif is a Somali-American essayist, editor, strategist, and screenwriter currently based in Lisbon.

Najma is repped by Connor Goldsmith @ Fuse Literary.

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Selected Works

Read Me

PROFILES , INTERVIEWS AND COVERS

Quinta talks Representation and World Domination

Media Muslims, and Movements Noor Tagouri profile - AMAKA STUDIO

POET WARSAN SHIRE ON WRITING TO REBEL- NET- A-PORTER

Alisha Boe Embraces her Rising Sign - Cultured Mag

Welcome to Marsai Martin’s universe - MIC

Noname and the fight to abolish prisons - Dazed

Aminé Profile - SoleDXB

Dua Saleh Is Your Angel and Your Devil - Paper Magazine

Vinson Fraley Is in Perpetual Motion - Highsnobiety

“The Real Magic Is In Person:” Noname’s Book Club Is Building Community Across The Country- Okayplayer

5 Photographers On Documenting Protests Through Their Own Lens - Atmos Mag

Cherrie Talks Staying True to Her Somali Roots on Sophomore Album ‘Araweelo’ - Highsnobiety

Halima Wants the Next Generation to Dream Big - Paper Magazine

'Jinn' Is a Remarkably Honest Portrait of Black Muslim Girlhood - Broadly

Araweelo Abroad Is the Website Creating a Safe Space for Somali Women - Teen Vogue

CULTURE AND CRITICISM

On bell hooks, a Black Woman Who Loved Us - Pop Sugar

5 Things President Biden Should Do For Black Women in His First 100 Days - Instyle

Why Luxury Must Ditch "Aspirational" To Survive- Jing Daily

Kanye West Does Not Have the Skills to Make America “Great” Again - Highsnobiety

How 'I Am Not A Witch' Powerfully Satirizes Oppression Against Women In Zambia - Shadow and Act

XXXTentacion's Alleged Abuse Should Not Be Forgotten - Teen Vogue

Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Fever’ Is a Sexy, Palpable Joy to Behold - Highsnobiety

Leikeli47’s ‘Acyrlic’ Is a Powerful Dedication to the Transformative Black Woman - Highsnobiety

The hurdles and exploration that shaped Megan Thee Stallion’s Suga - The Fader

Beyoncé Wrapped Capitalism in Orange Boxes and Called It Empowerment - Bitch Media

The Curious Case of Rapsody’s ‘Eve’ & Hip-Hop’s Contradictory Pedestal for Women - Okayplayer

SPIRITUALITY

What the Niqab Actually Means To Muslim Women - SOLE DXB

Ramadan in a pandemic helped me rethink my relationship with fasting — and God - NBC

An Examination Of The Islamic References In Jay Electronica’s ‘A Written Testimony’ - Okayplayer

BLACK, QUEER, AND MUSLIM: ON FAITH, SELF-CARE, AND IDENTITY - Nylon

An Ode to the Women Who Taught Me About Selflessness and Community - Lenny Letter

INTERNET CULTURE

Art or Artifice? Elevating the Thirst Trap - Playboy

5 SOMALI CREATIVES ON HOW SURVEILLANCE CULTURE SHAPES THEIR WORK - Nylon

For Women Who Wear Hijab, Finstas Can Be a Space to Let Loose Online - Broadly

How the Internet Became a Home for Displaced Somalis -Vice

 

Print

Mizna SWANA Takeover - Lover Girl

Sole DXB - Protest Music

Hanif Abdulraqqib Interview - Reconstructed Mag Vol. 2

Halima Wants the Next Generation to Dream Big - Paper Magazine, Transformation Issue

Uncovering Online - Privacy & Perception Issue of Vice Magazine, created in collaboration with Broadly.

Muhammad Ali helped shape my identity as a Black Muslim Halal If You Hear Me anthology

'The Promise of Patriarchy: Women and the Nation of Islam” (Ula Yvette Taylor) Book Review - Bitch Media Devotion Issue

Press