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 …
U.S. Backs Repression in Egypt
The sentencing on June 23 of three Al Jazeera journalists, each to at least seven years in prison, by an Egyptian …
A brief reflection on Jehane Noujaim’s “The Square”
Here’s the problem with The Square, Jehane Noujaim’s documentary about Egypt. Because it decides to forgo explaining all but the most basic …
Things I learned from watching Zero Dark Thirty
Things I learned from watching Zero Dark Thirty. 1. It’s fine, really, to wear an Ann Taylor suit to your first torture …
An op-ed on Syria
I wrote a quick response to Israel’s attack on Syria for The Progressive magazine. It can be found here .
Two Short Pieces on Egypt
I was in Egypt during late November and early December. I wrote two short pieces about what’s happening there. They can be …