Guess what? You can be a Muslim American and oppose misguided wars
I wrote this piece for The Guardian. Khizr Khan very nearly stole the show from Hillary Clinton at last night’s Democratic national …
A Handy Pocket Guide of Ten Things Not to Do in Public if You’re Arab in America
As tensions between police and people of color escalate, and as hostility against Arabs and Muslims in the United States rises again …
Donald Trump doesn’t scare me
I wrote this essay for The Guardian, part of which is below: This is a different country than Trump voters understand it …
This Muslim American Life, my new book, tops bestseller list!
I‘m very pleased to announce that my new book, This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror, has now hit …
All Muslim life in America is seen through the lens of terrorism
The always excellent (and longtime friend of mine) Corey Robin interviewed me for his column at Salon. Here’s the beginning of the interview: …
It’s not just Trump – the US is gripped by anti-Muslim hysteria
I wrote this piece for The Guardian. The New York Times reported last week that climate change is forcing environmental researchers to …
Register Muslims? Been there, done that. And it failed.
I wrote this piece for The Progressive. Since the terrorist attacks in Paris, the political rhetoric directed against Muslims from the Republican …
So, I rewrote the Mayor of Roanoke’s statement on admitting Syrian Refugees
The Mayor of Roanoke, Virginia has approvingly cited Japanese internment (or, “sequester” in his words) as justification for refusing admission to Syrian …
PEN Ten interview
I was interviewed by Randa Jarrar for the PEN Ten interview series, which asks questions such as this: What book would you …
This Muslim American Life, new book, released today (and in the NYT)
My new book, This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror, is now available. The New York Times has a brief …