Siamwala
Hello!
My name is Rukaiya Siamwala.
Rukaiya Siamwala - Writer. Dreamer. Thinker.
Rukaiya is currently based in London where she is pursuing her dream Masters; MA in Creative Writing at the University of Westminster. Her interests are scattered amongst the various spaces of art, craft, dance, urban photography, cinema, theatre, culture, history, politics, activism and aromatherapy.
She aims to create a niche for herself in the creative writing industry. Having recently dabbled in playwriting, she wrote her first play Ruqsana, a political, social and emotional commentary on a Muslim girl's life juxtaposed between the Godhra Riots and the Citizenship Amendment Act & National Register of Citizens in India. Currently, she is working on her second play.
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In the creative spectrum, she hopes to explore the spaces of dance writing, art writing, food writing, music writing and travel writing as a means to actively participate in social movements.
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Back at home, she began Zuri Essentials, a venture in organic beauty, bath products and aromatherapy. This was an exploration of the Indian scene of the beauty and health industries.
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She has previously provided freelance writing and editing services in the spaces of academic writing, content writing, technical writing, and creative writing. For any freelance related queries, you can email her on rukaiyasiamwalawriting@gmail.com
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Education
2022
Creative Writing: Writing the City MA, University of Westminster
2020
MA in English Language & Literature,
GITAM University
2018
BA in History, English & Sociology,
Jyoti Nivas College Autonomous
Work Experience
2022
Research Assistant, Oral History Project,
University of Westminster
2022
Editor & Book Cover Designer,
The Wells Street Journal,
University of Westminster.
2021
Entrepreneur, Zuri Essentials
Flagged off a start-up venture in Aromatherapy, Beauty and Health care products.
2020
Research Assistant under Dr. Rositta Joseph Valiyamattam for the topic,'The Misunderstood and The Missing: Documenting and Critiquing Female Agency and its Representations during the 1992-93 Communal Riots in Western India', University of Edinburgh.
2020
Academic Writer wherein I compiled a Creative Writing Manual for MA Distance Learning Students, GITAM School of Gandhian Studies.
Certifications & Workshops
2022
Mentee, School of Humanities New Writing Festival Mentoring Scheme,
University of Westminster.
2022
2020
2019
2019
Research Assistant, Oral History Project, University of Westminster
Workshop on 'Essaying the Self' by Rosalyn D'Mello
Writing Through Crisis, Rubaroo & US Consulate General Hyderabad
The Online Creative Writing Course, Himalayan Writers Retreat