Written by OluFadeke Florence A. Banjo. An interview with Adiva Siddiqui, the founder and owner of Div.Write E-magazine and page.
Hi guys, I know it has been a minute; in fact, it has been a couple of months since I wrote a new blog post on this page (awkward, I know). I have been quite occupied with completing my journalism masters, and just life, in general, has been keeping me busy. However, I really do miss writing on this blog. I recently created an Instagram page for this blog which you can follow (@the_flojournalblog). I have managed to follow and meet new people through the page, which led me to ask one of the pages I follow on Instagram if they would be down for me to interview them for an upcoming series I am working on and be featured in the blog. This blog will be based on my interview with Adiva Siddiqui, the face, name, and founder behind Div. Writes Instagram page (@divwrites_) and E-Magazine 'Div.Write Magazine'. Sit back, get comfortable, and I hope you will enjoy reading this.
a Gif of a baby reading.
1) Who is the person behind Div.Write Magazine?
''My name is Adiva Siddiqui and you can say I am the founder and/or person behind the DivWrites magazine (DVM).'' - Adiva Siddqui
I am a teenager who likes to write , sing , dance , draw , paint and pretty much everything.'' - Adiva Siddqui
2) What was the inspiration behind the name Div. Writes?
''So as many E-magazine or publications name I didn't put too much of thought in the name I just removed the A's from my name and added writes. Ya I know pretty simple but there is beauty in simplicity.'' - Adiva Siddqui
''So that's how Adiva is div.writes magazine.''- Adiva Siddqui
3) What inspired you to start this page and E- magazine?
''Once a night I had a thought why can't I start my own magazine? And on the very next day I started doing searches on Google how to start your own e-magazine and then got an option and well , now making magazines here. And afterwards started the insta page and own site.''- Adiva Siddqui
''My inspiration would be my Mother because I know no matter what she has my back and always supports me.''- Adiva Siddqui
4) What has been your proudest moment, and what has been a setback of yours since starting your page & E-Magazine?
(A gif of Naomi Campbell, saying I'm proud.)
''I have just began with this magazine and getting small amount of recognition, but I would say my proudest moment would be that after publishing a magazine I got a text , I would like to be part of your magazine . I was so happy because I didn't approached to them and they were still interested.''- Adiva Siddqui
''Thanks to God I haven't faced that big of a setback for now.''- Adiva Siddqui
5) What is your number one advice to give to someone thinking of starting a similar page to yours, creating their own E-magazine?
''To any person who might be interested in starting there own magazines, I would suggest them to just go for it without worrying about too many opinions, just ask yourself that will you be able to do this or not ?''- Adiva Siddqui
''And whatever your heart tells you is what you should follow.''- Adiva Siddqui