Novels & Books
Zahra has been writing since she was nine years old, when poetry became the first language that made sense to her. It still is.
She is a writer whose work moves between fiction, poetry, and non-fiction, not because she could not choose, but because different things require different forms. Her novels live in the territory of love, identity, and the quiet damage people do to each other. Her poetry explains itself. Her non-fiction came from the kind of understanding that does not come from a clinical practice or a library, the kind you accumulate whether you want to or not, and eventually decide to do something with.
She spent years thinking like an investigative journalist before she became a novelist, which means she came to storytelling already knowing how to find what is true, how to cut what is not, and how to write something that holds up under pressure. The fiction was always there waiting. She just took the long way around to it.
The Trust Fall: When Common Sense Takes a Nosedive
Most books about trust are written from one side of the table.
The clinical side: a psychologist who has spent decades studying manipulation, deception, and the personality types that damage trust. That knowledge is real and it matters.
But there is another side. The person who trusted wrong and is trying to understand how. The person who is not looking for a research summary but for someone who has been there, who knows what the self-doubt sounds like, who can say yes, that is real, and here is what it means, and here is what you do with it.
The Trust Fall is the only book on this subject written from both sides at once. Prof. Dr. Tahira Yousaf brings twenty years of clinical practice. Zahra Habib brings the lived experience those twenty years were spent treating. Together they give you the clearest possible picture of how trust is built, broken, and weaponised, and what it actually takes to rebuild it.
Trust is not a leap of faith. It is a conclusion. This book shows you how to reach the right one.
Path to Peace: A Workbook for Healing with CBT
Most CBT workbooks were not written for you.
They were written for a reader with a therapist, a support system, and a culture that treats mental health as something worth discussing. If you are a Muslim woman navigating trauma, shame, family pressure, and the silence that patriarchal societies demand of women who are struggling, you have probably picked up those books and felt the distance immediately.
This one is different.
Path to Peace uses the same evidence based CBT framework that clinical practice relies on worldwide, but it is built around your reality. The cost of asking for help. The weight of shame. The exhaustion of healing inside a culture that does not make room for it.
Thirteen chapters. Six sections. One honest, practical, step by step guide written by a clinical psychologist with two decades of practice and a co-author who has lived what this book is written to address.
If you have been waiting for something written for you, this is it.
Whispers of Deception: A Journey Through Hidden Abuse
“Whispers of Deception: A Journey Through Hidden Abuse” is a poignant collection of over 20 poems that tells the story of a young woman’s journey through the unravelling of a seemingly perfect marriage. From the initial joy and hope of love, the poems gradually reveal the devastating realisation that her husband is not who she believed him to be.
Each poem reflects a chapter in her life, starting with the wedding day and moving through the stages of emotional abuse, the quiet deceit, and the constant manipulation. The collection captures her feelings of confusion, fear, and despair as she confronts the painful truth of her marriage. As the narrative progresses, her hope diminishes, but her inner strength begins to emerge.
The collection explores the psychological and emotional toll of living in a terrible abusive marriage, the difficult decisions she must make to protect herself and her child, and her struggle to rebuild her life. Despite the darkness, the poems also highlight the resilience of the human spirit and the possibility of healing.
“Whispers of Deception: A Journey Through Hidden Abuse” is more than just a collection of poetry; it is a deeply moving exploration of love, betrayal, and the journey toward self-discovery and empowerment. Through this woman’s story, readers are invited to witness the impact of deception and the courage it takes to reclaim one’s life.
Opposites Attract (Novel)
What if you discover to your sudden amazement that the one person you were meant to hate forever was destined to be the love of your life and yet you were about to marry someone else?
Such is the dilemma faced by Fahad Mubashir who has been playing pranks on the girl next door Ayza Asher since they were 5 years old. For Ayza, the feeling was very much mutual since she wasn’t an angel to Fahad either. She too is shocked to discover the complete turnaround that her feelings have taken ever since the woman came in the picture.
Fahad and Ayza are now faced with the insurmountable task of making the other believe that this time around there’s no prank or hidden camera. For, if the two don’t pull their act together, the biggest joke will be on them.
My Love is Blind (Novel)
They say that love is blind and marriage is a real eye opener, but what happens when you are forced to open your eyes before the marriage? Will your love survive the test?
Falling in love and getting engaged to Brooke Mathews is the best thing that has happened to Harris Amin, a budding photographer and long time professor at Brooklyn University. Brooke too is over the moon and thrilled at marrying the guy of her dreams, so what if she hardly knows his family or they are 9 time zones away right after the engagement.
The day Harris stops calling her or replying texts is when alarm bells start ringing inside Brooke’s head. Hurrying back to NYC from her business trip, she is shocked to discover that Harris has moved out and gone back to Pakistan. Armed with only the knowledge of his family name, a place of work where his brother works and the name of his city, Brooke sets off on the journey of her lifetime to get to the truth. But when she comes face to face with her love, will it be enough to survive the truth?