Allah supreme: how Pharoah Sanders found freedom and rebellion in Islam
The legendary jazz musician Pharoah Sanders left us in 2022, moving me to write this piece on the influence of Islam on …
Division Is America’s Natural State
Did the War on Terror, with its brazen contempt for existing institutions and established rule of law, launch the USA’s latest creep …
The Problem With Jihad, Rehab Isn’t Filmmaker Meg Smaker’s Color or Religion
For The Nation, I weighed in on a documentary that is prompting much commentary. My take? The idea that a white woman …
Jenny Holzer, PEN America, and Me
This year marks the 100-year anniversary of the important organization PEN America, which fights “for the freedom of imprisoned and at-risk writers …
Interviewed for Hulu Documentary
I was pleased to be interviewed for the ABC News / Hulu Original documentary “The Murders Before the Marathon.” The documentary is …
Journey to Guantánamo
I went to the American penal colony in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. I was there as a journalist, to cover pre-trial motion hearings …
America is steeped in violence. And the roots of that violence go deep
It’s not just about guns. I wrote this essay for The Guardian reflecting on how America’s obsessions with guns and violence terrifies …
The alleged Buffalo shooter was also inspired by Islamophobia. That’s telling
I wrote this essay for The Guardian on the shooting in Buffalo. Few may realize that the alleged shooter copied the manifesto …
Facebook’s solidarity with Ukraine is impressive. Now extend it to others
I wrote this essay for The Guardian about how our powerful tech platforms like Facebook and Instagram act very differently when people …
They are ‘civilised’ and ‘look like us’: the racist coverage of Ukraine
Are Ukrainians more deserving of sympathy than Afghans and Iraqis? Many seem to think so, and I investigate this problem in an …