Aboubakr Daqiq

writer / teacher / pastry eater

ART

This collection features a combination of personal and experimental pieces.

Writing

Fiction

Short Story: Hybris (under consideration)
Manuscript: "Muzhda", Graphic Novel.
Short Story: The Layover (under consideration)

Non-Fiction

Essay: Cold Coffee | Island Literary Magazine
Article: It was never about "the women and girls of Afghanistan" | Conduit
Editorial: The Afghan-Australian Perspective on ADF War Crimes | Conduit
Exposé: The Curious Case of Afroz Ali: Fraud, Lies and Spiritual Abuse | Conduit
_{(referenced in 'Neo-traditionalism in Islam in the West', W. Quisay (2023), Edinburgh University Press and 'Islamic Religious Authority in a Modern Age', S. A. Whyte (2024), Palgrave Macmillan.)}

Other

Submissions Team, Aurealis Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine (2024)
Panel Facilitator, Sydney Muslim Writers Festival (2024)
Recipient, Comic / Graphic Novel Mentorship, Island Literary Magazine (2023)
Panellist, Sydney Muslim Writers Festival (2022)

Works-in-Progress

Aboubakr is currently working on writing and graphic novel projects.

About

Aboubakr Daqiq is a writer based in Sydney, Australia. He is a Psychology graduate with a Master of Teaching and a background in Law, English, Arabic and Islamic Studies. Aboubakr is a Muslim Australian of Afghan heritage and founder of Conduit Muslim Perspectives, Australia's first Muslim arts space. He is also co-founder of the Muslim Writers Index, an international literary resource for publishers, academics and journalists.