Donald Trump has been charged. The swamp is finally being drained
I wrote this for The Guardian on Trump’s arraignment, which marks the day when he began to be held criminally accountable. And …
Republicans have a serious antisemitism problem. It isn’t Ilhan Omar
In this essay for The Guardian, I point out that Republican antisemitism is deep in the party today. Who remembers how, in …
With Trump voted out, can I finally feel at home in America again?
The election is over, and every immigrant, refugee, asylum seeker, and human being can now breathe a sigh of a relief. I …
Re-electing Trump won’t bring you safety
I wrote this essay, prompted by Donald Trump’s photo-op visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin, for The Guardian. Here’s part of the essay: It …
As Netanyahu Annexes the West Bank, Where Are the Democrats?
I wrote this piece for The Nation, and it was published on June 30. Around the same time that I was writing …
Muslims are terrified, but we won’t be intimidated by Trump
Once the election results became terrifyingly clear, I wrote this for The Guardian. Early on election evening, my Muslim friends and I …
Donald Trump has made it clear: in his America, Muslim citizens don’t exist
In The Guardian, I argue that while Trump will court other voters, he ignores Muslim Americans completely. The 2016 American presidential election …
The US just bombed Yemen, and no one’s talking about it
The election is blinding us to other realities. This is one of them. I wrote about it for The Guardian. What if …
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 …
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 …