A summer read (“What Tina Wants”)
I recently had a short story published in the wonderful magazine The Normal School (thanks, Randa!). I’m posting the story (with permission) here, …
Abounaddara
I had the good fortune to interview the Abounaddara film collective about their work in Syria. This is an anonymous, underground group of …
Honored by Southern Vermont College
On May 9, 2015, Southern Vermont College, which is an extraordinary college with a just and noble mission, awarded me an honorary degree …
New Book! This Muslim American Life (Coming September 2015)
Big News! I’m very excited to announce that my new book, This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror (NYU …
Why Do They Hate Us?
The venerable magazine The Nation is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. (Happy Anniversary!) They asked me to contribute to an extraordinary …
War Stories
I wrote a review essay for The Progressive on Phil Klay’s short story collection Redeployment and Sinan Antoon’s novel The Corpse Washer. …
How the Chapel Hill Victims Deserve To Be Mourned
This was published in The Intercept. I didn’t know Yusor Mohammad, Deah Shaddy Barakat or Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha — the victims of Craig …
On The Death of Klinghoffer at The Met
The Guardian took me to the opera! I attended the opening night of the opera The Death of Klinghoffer, which has stirred …
From Surveillance to Civil Rights
I’ve been working on this story over the summer and am pleased that it’s now published as the cover story of this …
Spied on for Being Muslim
I wrote this comment for The Nation. There is a grocery store near my apartment in Brooklyn called the NSA Food Markets …