Arts

The Vanishing of the Public Intellectual

The Markaz Review is an excellent online arts and culture journal focused on the greater Middle East and its diasporas. The editors …

The legendary jazz musician Pharoah Sanders left us in 2022, moving me to write this piece on the influence of Islam on …

For The Nation, I weighed in on a documentary that is prompting much commentary. My take? The idea that a white woman …

This year marks the 100-year anniversary of the important organization PEN America, which fights “for the freedom of imprisoned and at-risk writers …

I was pleased to be interviewed for the ABC News / Hulu Original documentary “The Murders Before the Marathon.” The documentary is …

I wrote this essay for The Guardian on the South Korean megastar boyband BTS. Their sunny pop-optimism and ‘Army’ of fans are …

I had the honor and good fortune to guest edit the latest issue of the fabulous Arab American arts journal Mizna, centered …

I‘m thrilled and delighted to announce that This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror, has just been awarded an Arab …

I‘m very pleased to announce that my new book, This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror, has now hit …

The always excellent (and longtime friend of mine) Corey Robin interviewed me for his column at Salon. Here’s the beginning of the interview: …