(1995-01-16) 16 January 1995 (age 29) Kano State, Nigeria
Occupation
Writer
Novelist
Nationality
Nigerian
Education
Biology and Integrated Science Education.
Alma mater
Federal College of Education, Kano
Years active
2013–present
Notable awards
1st Prize Aminiya Trust Short Story Competition Awards[1]
3rd Place BBC Hausa Women's Writing Competition Awards
Children
Fatima Alawiyyah, Halimatus Sadiya, Aisha Humaira
Rufaida Umar Ibrahim (born January 16, 1995) is a Nigerian writer and novelist who writes in Hausa. She was born and raised in a half-caste family of Gobirawa and Fulani in Kano, Kano State, Nigeria. She rose to fame after winning the BBC Hausa's women short story writing competition in the year 2020 as the 3rd runner-up alongside Maryam Umar who became the 1st prize winner.[2][3] Her success for winning another short story competition as 1st runner-up organized by Aminiya Trust Newspaper in the late 2020 made her often regarded as one of the most popular leading female writers of Northern Nigeria.[4][5][6][7]
^"26-yr-old mother wins maiden Aminiya short story competition". Daily Trust. 2021-06-06. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
^Fabiawari, Ibaranyanakaye (2020-12-05). "Maryam Umar wins BBC Hausa short story competition". TODAY. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
^Lere, Mohammed (2020-12-07). "Nigeria: 20-Year-Old Wins BBC Hausa Women Short Story Writing Competition". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
^"Maryam Umar wins 2020 BBC Hausa's women's short story writing contest". 5 December 2020.
^"Rufaida Umar ce gwarzuwar gasar Aminiya-Trust". Aminiya. 2021-06-05. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
^"26-yr-old mother wins maiden Aminiya short story competition". Daily Trust. 2021-06-06. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
^"Maryam Umar wins BBC Hausa short story contest - P.M. News".
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