Amrah Abdul Majid has a Bachelor’s degree in Human Sciences (English Language and Literature) from the International Islamic University Malaysia. She has a postgraduate diploma in English Literature and a PhD in Arts (specializing in postcolonial literature) from Monash University, Australia. In 2016, she was teaching at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Her research interests included Muslim women writing, particularly in the diaspora, and Middle Eastern writing in English.