Life and work
About Safaa Hussein Al-Ajmawi
Safaa Hussein Al-Ajmawi holds a bachelor's degree in science, specializing in chemistry and physics. She also pursued postgraduate Islamic studies, preparatory master's study in nuclear physics, and archaeological conservation studies.
She works as a chemical researcher and began writing professionally in 2015, after an early interest in composition and scientific summarization. Her scientific, religious, and historical studies all inform her fiction.
Her writing includes novels, novellas, short stories, and reflective prose. She is especially drawn to detective fiction and fantasy, while works such as The Sacred Tattoo and Rasputin Returns reflect her interest in ancient Egypt, religion, history, and scientific ideas.
