The supreme court upheld bigotry before. Its Muslim ban ruling does it again
At The Guardian: The US supreme court has decided that the Trump administration’s Muslim ban can proceed in full, even as legal challenges …
We must end the terror double standards
I wrote this essay for The Guardian. The horrible terrorist attack in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday has so far left us with …
What’s a ‘lone wolf’? It’s the special name we give white terrorists
I wrote this essay for The Guardian on the Las Vegas shooting and why we treat domestic and foreign terrorism differently. We …
America’s soul as a nation of immigrants is in peril
I wrote this essay about the end of DACA for The Guardian. The Trump administration appears determined to kill off the idea of the …
Trump is ignoring the Minnesota mosque bombing. We know why
After a Minnesota mosque was bombed, I wrote a piece for The Guardian about the president’s silence. The key portion—more relevant now …
How the ‘homophobic Muslim’ became a populist bogeyman
The latest Pew Research Center survey had many interesting results. In this article for The Guardian, I examine one of them, and …
What is to be done about the USA?
Is the United States in trouble? Is it on the verge of becoming a failed state? I ask these questions in The …
Guest-editing the new issue of the journal “Mizna” on “Surviving”
I had the honor and good fortune to guest edit the latest issue of the fabulous Arab American arts journal Mizna, centered …
More on the Muslim Ban
In this essay, written for The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, I look at Trump’s Muslim ban in some more depth. I’ve …
On the Supreme Court’s ruling re: Trump’s Travel Ban
I wrote this piece for The Guardian, wherein I argue that the Supreme Court’s decision to lift many of the injunctions on …