Home Within is a powerful and intimate collection of poetry by Fida Islaih, weaving together themes of healing, self-discovery, chronic illness, cultural identity, and emotional resilience. With raw vulnerability and lyrical grace, Islaih explores the layered experiences of living with invisible pain—both physical and emotional—while navigating complex relationships with faith, femininity, and belonging.Spanning topics from the inner battles of self-worth and mental health...

With the pandemic and isolation it made room for self reflection. These poems helped me with accepting my pain and healing from it. It's about seeing my identity and finding self love in the midst of trying to belong in a community, living in a pandemic and other injustices. It shares the journey of doing the work to unpack repressed emotions, memories, and properly processing them. It's about learning and growing through the connections and revelations made. Through it all, I remove my ne...

"Paper thin skineasily bruisedbut she remainsgentle with everythingfor God lovesthose who are gentle."Blossoming Heart is a compilation of poems about conquering your fear and forgiving yourself. Learn about yourself and love yourself in your journey. Find stillness in your life. Let your brokenness find hope and peace. Through faith, you will heal.

Possessing a powerful love for both Palestine and its people, Fida Islaih works to understand their struggles as she endures her own. Though she has yet to travel to Palestine, a deep rooted desire to do so inspires her and comes through in her lovely poetry. Join Fida on her poetic journey through life and share her inspiration.

"…sometimes we don't need poetrybut need simple words to touch our hearts.Sometimes warriors are not in armorbut the ones with a smile."Taking her writing to new levels, Islaih shares her struggles with mental illness and chronic pain. This collection is her emotional journey through grief and the need to escape. Her writing takes us through the darkness of almost losing a loved one to actually losing a loved one, then ends with uplifting pieces of self-love.

From an identity crisis and being naive about my beliefs, Rising Soul is about accepting my identity and understanding the depth of my faith. Rising Soul covers topics of womanhood and self love.

Home Within is a powerful and intimate collection of poetry by Fida Islaih, weaving together themes of healing, self-discovery, chronic illness, cultural identity and emotional resilience. With raw vulnerability and lyrical grace, Islaih explores the layered experiences of living with invisible pain, both physical and emotional, while navigating complex relationships with faith, femininity and belonging.Spanning topics from the inner battles of self-worth and mental health...

Islaih shares her travel to Malaysia. She continues to share more of her thoughts on Palestine. More poems include her love for her sisters, her faith and words.

Her Durian is about Islaih's travels to Malaysia and her memories with family. These poems will make your mouth water with the different foods and dessert. It covers the topic of growing up in a multicultural home and experiences as a Muslim American.

Islaih has been writing poetry for years. She has put this collection together to revive her older poems from her blog. 

"Paper thin skineasily bruisedbut she remainsgentle with everythingfor God lovesthose who are gentle."Blossoming Heart is a compilation of poems about conquering your fear and forgiving yourself. Learn about yourself and love yourself in your journey. Find stillness in your life. Let your brokenness find hope and peace. Through faith, you will heal.

Possessing a powerful love for both Palestine and its people, Fida Islaih works to understand their struggles as she endures her own.  Though she has yet to travel to Palestine, a deep rooted desire to do so inspires her and comes through in her lovely poetry.  Join Fida on her poetic journey through life and share her inspiration.