✍🏻 Writer 📚@HighlightsFound Scholarship Recipient (‘24) & Highlights Muslim Storyteller ('23) & We Need Kidlit Now Winner (‘24) 🧕🏻🍉 Muslim 👩‍🏫 Educator 🛶 MN girl 🏃‍♀️Runner 💗 Wife and Mama to three ✨ Writings here: https://linktr.ee/Sagasofsabrhttps://bsky.app/profile/kristenmkareem.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kristenmkareem.bsky.social/post/3msqfn2mvxc2k1/5 I am a writer with an educational background in biology and chemistry who worked as a chemical analyst for a pharmaceutical company. I branched into writing after seeing a diversity problem in literature: with most stories geared toward one experience and one demographic.10 Aug 2026 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:vttymrrp6hapkk4c3iwqa2og/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqfn2mvxc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/kristenmkareem.bsky.social/post/3msbpa3bmws2sY’all need to vote04 Aug 2026 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:vttymrrp6hapkk4c3iwqa2og/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbpa3bmws2shttps://bsky.app/profile/kristenmkareem.bsky.social/post/3ms7e5sjwg22a💕 Love your libraries 💕03 Aug 2026 20:39 +0000at://did:plc:vttymrrp6hapkk4c3iwqa2og/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7e5sjwg22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kristenmkareem.bsky.social/post/3mrppp7ojuk2u🤩Why I loved this book? 🧕🏻It felt like a book for Muslims, not about Muslims. 🕋There are no *unwanted* surprises. (Meaning, as a Muslim, I want to feel respected, not compromised) 🤲 Muslim representation! 📝The prose. The author’s writing is comfortable, and easy. #muslimbooks #autumnallen28 Jul 2026 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:vttymrrp6hapkk4c3iwqa2og/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrppp7ojuk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/kristenmkareem.bsky.social/post/3mr3jfqgfws2bThe universe feels better now.20 Jul 2026 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:vttymrrp6hapkk4c3iwqa2og/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3jfqgfws2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/kristenmkareem.bsky.social/post/3modkbf7ulk2o👋Salaams! I wanted to introduce myself to my new friends! I’m Kristen Kareem! 🧕🏻a Muslim convert 📚Homeschool educator 📚Book reviewer ✍🏻 I write Muslim fantasy and historical fantasy 📚 I am passionate about read-alouds, literature-based curriculum and books for Muslim kids15 Jun 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:vttymrrp6hapkk4c3iwqa2og/app.bsky.feed.post/3modkbf7ulk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kristenmkareem.bsky.social/post/3mnkpwo3moc2j🧕🏻💕💕💕💕Eid al Adha is my hijab-anniversary! It was a special khutbah about sacrifice and it tugged at my heart and I’ve never looked back. I’d love to hear about other people’s hijab stories. When did you first start wearing it and why? 💕💕💕🧕🏻 #hijab05 Jun 2026 18:03 +0000at://did:plc:vttymrrp6hapkk4c3iwqa2og/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnkpwo3moc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/kristenmkareem.bsky.social/post/3mmnb5oxr322a🛶northwoods time🛶25 May 2026 00:51 +0000at://did:plc:vttymrrp6hapkk4c3iwqa2og/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmnb5oxr322ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kristenmkareem.bsky.social/post/3mmbx2ybkws2u@reviseresub.bsky.social I wanted to give a follow up shout out to all #revpit team. I had my queries and pages critiqued for the #10queries and it took a while for me to digest the feedback. But….1/220 May 2026 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:vttymrrp6hapkk4c3iwqa2og/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbx2ybkws2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/kristenmkareem.bsky.social/post/3mm73ain2kc2gA convert, a humble man, an American born and raised, a father of eight died, protecting a school full of children and worshippers. May the angels welcome and comfort him. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYgx8WXBgaw/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==19 May 2026 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:vttymrrp6hapkk4c3iwqa2og/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm73ain2kc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/kristenmkareem.bsky.social/post/3mkjmzcqyzs2hStumbled across this today. Does this look like anyone we know? 👀28 Apr 2026 03:22 +0000at://did:plc:vttymrrp6hapkk4c3iwqa2og/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkjmzcqyzs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/kristenmkareem.bsky.social/post/3mjikbwkwds2mHamidreza Afrideh, a composer and kamancheh player, sits on the ruins of his music school and says: "I wanted the last sound that remains here to be music, not bombs and missiles" https://m.youtube.com/shorts/ib5Pw67fFeM My heart is 💔😢14 Apr 2026 23:35 +0000at://did:plc:vttymrrp6hapkk4c3iwqa2og/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjikbwkwds2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/kristenmkareem.bsky.social/post/3mj656xuk322iFav resources! -Save the Cat! Writes Horror -27 Essential Principles of Story #revpit #revpitwaiting [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Apr 2026 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:vttymrrp6hapkk4c3iwqa2og/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj656xuk322ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kristenmkareem.bsky.social/post/3mijk2dsnrs2yLast day! https://www.32auctions.com/KidLit4Ceasefire3rdYear?r=1&t=all02 Apr 2026 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:vttymrrp6hapkk4c3iwqa2og/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijk2dsnrs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kristenmkareem.bsky.social/post/3mijhv3da2c2tMy story is inspired by a historical document. I included a snippet from the document below (I translated it into modern English, so it’s not verbatim as fyi) #revpit #repitwaiting [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Apr 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:vttymrrp6hapkk4c3iwqa2og/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijhv3da2c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/kristenmkareem.bsky.social/post/3micgkbeirc2oShout-out to CP buddies: 🤩 Zahra (teacher and writer and sometimes travel buddy see pic below) 🥰 Noha (also teacher and writer) 😍 Ayah (also teacher and writer, plus historian) #revpit #revpitwaiting [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Mar 2026 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:vttymrrp6hapkk4c3iwqa2og/app.bsky.feed.post/3micgkbeirc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kristenmkareem.bsky.social/post/3mhxxqjqifk22Not a novelist but...a storyteller and filmmaker... -Korede Azeez, who directed: With Difficulty Comes Ease and It Blooms in June. Those stories just hit me hard and make me cry. I look forward to any future stories of hers. Also: -Rumi -Rabia Basri (female poet) #revpit #repitwaiting [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Mar 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:vttymrrp6hapkk4c3iwqa2og/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxxqjqifk22https://bsky.app/profile/kristenmkareem.bsky.social/post/3mhvagge5mc2cI grew up on a hobby farm, and I'm still recovering from all the pets we had: 🦃turkeys 🦆ducks 🐔chickens 🐈cats 🐶dogs 🐎horses 🐮a cow 🐢turtles 🐟fish 🐈I don't have any pets now, but this is one of my favorite little barn kitten I loved growing up🐈 #revpit #revpitwaiting [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Mar 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:vttymrrp6hapkk4c3iwqa2og/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvagge5mc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/kristenmkareem.bsky.social/post/3mhqczl5fvc22My favorite is the one I reread every year which is: ❄️Into Thin Air ❄️ 🥹💔I also love middle grade books because they are always heartfelt and tear jerkers and they are more emotionally powerful than people think(esp ones about diverse kids. They are so well written) 🥹💔 #revpit #revpitwaiting [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Mar 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:vttymrrp6hapkk4c3iwqa2og/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqczl5fvc22