1.0Masobe Bookshttps://masobebooks.com/ngMasobe Editorhttps://masobebooks.com/ng/author/masobe_admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="pdoh2or9ZZ"><a href="https://masobebooks.com/ng/writer/fatima-bala/">Fatima Bala</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://masobebooks.com/ng/writer/fatima-bala/embed/#?secret=pdoh2or9ZZ" width="600" height="338" title="“Fatima Bala” — Masobe Books" data-secret="pdoh2or9ZZ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://masobebooks.com/ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Fatima-Bala-Headshot-.jpg.jpg800800Fatima Bala is a lecturer, poet, and writer who lives on Vancouver Island with her husband, children, and a pet fish called Fishy. Her books have received starred reviews from The Los Angeles Tribune, London Post, and New York Weekly. She enjoys playing board games and her favorite ones are Scythe, Dead of Winter, and King of Tokyo. She is a graduate of Algonquin College, Vancouver Island University, and Stanford, where she studied Tourism, Business Management, and International Women’s Rights. She can be reached on Instagram at @aka.fatima.bala.