What’s this all about?

Hi! I’m Maliha 👋

You can use the pronouns she or they.

I’m an engineer turned solopreneur — a blogger, an email marketer, writer of many things (in general), an avid reader… of East Asian manga, manhwa, and webtoons… and books, too… founder and publisher of The Side Blogger (you’re here now, fyi), content strategist, direct-response marketer, writing and marketing coach, etc. 

But most importantly, I help my customers and clients, fellow bloggers and newsletter writers, market and sell their offers through their content.

Quick backstory:

I’m a private person, so here’s the gist of it, without going into embarrassing details.

I went to college for electrical engineering. Worked in the industry for some time, quit, went to grad school, and then decided I was better off writing.

Various freelance web design and development gigs later, I finally started The Side Blogger in June 2018, as a way to earn some pocket money, which then turned into a full-time income source in about two years.

That’s… pretty much it. If you wanna know more about me, you should read my newsletter. You can sign up here.

Identity/Values

We live in crazy times. For that reason, even though personal information isn’t necessary for me to share, I feel the need to make clear a few details about who I am:

• I’m Muslim, a person of the global majority, and an immigrant.
• I’m forever respectful and never judgmental of your religion (or the lack thereof), your gender, pronouns, sexual orientation, and however else you choose to identify yourself.
• I’m respectful to you, on the condition (yep, it’s conditional) that your comments and actions do not endanger or harm me or another.
• I stand with Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Lebanon, and everywhere and anywhere freedom and human dignity are not afforded to a people, including right here at home.
• Finally, everything I said above is either a fact or a quality I aspire to. But, provided that “to err is human,” I often fall short. When I do, I hope you can be understanding and forgiving.

The reason I shared all the above is so you know who I am and what I believe in. If any of that is an issue for you, we’re not compatible and should not be doing business together.

Thank you for taking the time to read all this. If you haven’t already, consider subscribing to my newsletter. It’s pretty good…or so I’ve been told 🙂