Is a multi-award-winning author and sociologist from South Africa. Her more than fifteen titles have received international and local acclaim. In 2014, UNESCO listed her as one of the top 39 writers in Africa under the age of 40.
The SALA and NIHSS awards and the UJ Prize for Creative Writing have commended her novels.
She is also the author of the four-book Nisa Qamar series for young adults, which has been shortlisted twice for the Minara Aziz Hassim Literary Awards and the prestigious Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature 2019. Darlings of Durban is her newest offering.
Hassim also presents a popular book review show called BookBytes, which showcases cutting-edge writing from local and international authors.