مَمْلكةُ الكَوْثَر
Kingdom of Al-Kauthar
The World
Welcome to Al-Kauthar

Al-Kauthar is the modern day desert kingdom, small in size but immense in ambition. It gleams on the surface and runs deep underneath. The Kauthari people are proud, polished, and deeply hierarchical. Wealth and status are a language everyone speaks fluently here. Their strength stems from strong family bonds, loyalty to blood and to the land. Their generosity knows no bounds—but betray them once and the enmity will last generations. Beneath the gleaming towers and manicured palaces, secrets pool like water in the desert…invisible until they swallow you whole.

أهلاً بكم في الكوثر

Works in Progress

Debut Novel  ·  Actively Seeking Representation
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Arabian Bachelor meets Knives Out

Blood Red Sands

#ArabianMurderMystery
Nurain Island  ·  Kingdom of Al-Kauthar

Shahrazad joined a reality show determined to steal the prince’s heart and win the cash prize to save her family home, but when someone starts killing the competition, the only way out is to escape—or die trying.

Setting

Nurain Island—a royal estate accessible only by water. Exclusive, glamorous, inescapable.

Comps
Arabian Bachelor×Knives Out
Dubai Bling×One by One
And Then There Were None×Real Housewives of Dubai
Themes
Desert palace Locked island Reality TV drama A competition. A cover. The show that never aired Every moment filmed Suspects everywhere Contestants dying, one by one Beauty masking blood Class warfare Wild card Kauthari pride vs Somali nerve The unsettled amir The vigilant security chief Eldest daughter MC Chosen for a reason Trust no one Nowhere to run Survival
Drafting

Somali Rebecca Retelling

Buhaira  ·  Kingdom of Al-Kauthar
Inspired by Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Newlywed Raeesa enters the dark sea-cliffed estate of her previously widowed husband, full of hope. But nothing is as expected. Rumors plague her days. Suspicion haunts her nights. Raeesa questions who her new family really is…and if she’s safe at all.

Somali Rebecca Retelling moodboard — foggy sea cliffs, gothic estate, dark waters Prose snippet from Somali Rebecca Retelling — the first wife who won't leave
Themes
Gothic Atmospheric Moody Retelling Foggy mountains Dark waters A house with secrets High society Newlyweds Widowed husband A first wife who won’t leave Whispering maids Watchful eyes Family rumors Suspicion Paranoia Restless nights Troubled souls
Drafting

Marital Suspense

Kauthar City  ·  Kingdom of Al-Kauthar

High society. Higher stakes. A husband with secrets and a wife who’s keeping her own.

Marital Suspense moodboard — Kauthar City skyline, old-money interiors, the perfect facade
Themes
Family empire Kauthar City elite Secrets in plain sight Old money Dangerous wife Suspicious husband The perfect facade Hidden agendas Power couples Wealth & betrayal Behind closed doors Lies of luxury
Published Work

The Pursuit at Dawn

It was a bitter, cold Minnesota dawn.

Deeqo and her mother are late en route to her university when they spot a lone car up ahead, crawling through the mist. At the next red light, they see it—a pale hand thrust from the trunk. Desperate, pleading. They’re witnessing a live abduction.

With no time to lose, Deeqo’s mother makes a snap decision: pursue.

Read in OvertlyLit Magazine, Issue II · April 2022 →