Sikeena Karmali Ahmed – Editor

Since 2003, I have been working predominantly in the fields of communications, editing, and publishing with a specialization in the humanities and social sciences, human rights, wellness and spirituality, architecture, and Muslim culture. I have 20 years of editing experience - substantive, developmental, and copy-editing for peer-reviewed scholarly publications, non-fiction books, biographies and memoirs, essays, and articles as well as more journalistic writing like personal essays and articles for magazines/journals. I specialize in editing translated scholarly and non-fiction books, articles, and essays from French, Italian, Russian, and Arabic into English.From 2003 to 2005 I worked as contributing editor for ascent - a yoga and spirituality magazine based in Montreal, Canada. During this time we won two Utne Independent Press Awards.My editing process delves deep into the narrative process to help authors to frame and weave together a coherent narrative argument. I am also a wordsmith and work with my clients to craft clear, concise, and compelling writing. We often work through 2-3 rounds of editing on a book project, beginning with the overarching "story" and structure and then breaking it down into how the narrative is developed and then crafting the language and presentation.