FILM & POP CULTURE:
Towards a New Horizon by Hazlitt
Kids Like Us for Hazlitt
What Will People Say? for Nylon
M.I.A and the Defense of Nuance for Affidavit
Objects Of Our Obsession, Kangol and Camelot for Nylon
Sylvia Chang Makes The Heart Go Boom for The Village Voice
The Three Headed Magic of Merchant Ivory for Hazlitt
Luca Guadagnino is Love for Hazlitt
Mourning Heath Ledger for Nylon
Women Touching Women, On Screen for Broadly
On Hypermasculinity: The Objectification of Men in Magic Mike XXL for Movie Mezzanine
Powerhouse for n+1
Devil In Disguise for n+1
The Future Of Film Is Female for The Village Voice
The Poignant Rootlessness of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala for The Village Voice
Soft Power for Matter
Why Abbas Kiarostami's Fierce Optimism Was a Political Act for Fusion
Being Zayn Malik for Village Voice
On Death At The New York Film Festival for Filmmaker Magazine
Serial Killer Ted Bundy's Deadly Charm for Electric Literature
Why the Best American Filmmakers Owe a Debt to Satyajit Ray for IndieWire
Nothing Surfaces: Cristian Mungiu's "Beyond The Hills" for IndieWire
COVER STORIES/ PROFILES
Aja Naomi King is the GOAT for Nylon
Shirin Neshat Has Changed the Way We See Iran, Islam and Womanhood for Cultured Magazine
Maria Qamar on Her South-Asian Inspired Pop Art and Pandemic Love for Nuvo Magazine
Stella Meghie is a Black Auteur of Our Times for SSENSE
Trans People Deserve Magic: An Interview with Kai Cheng Thom for Hazlitt
QUEERNESS:
How I Learnt to Accept My Queerness as a Muslim Woman for Teen Vogue
I Went To Find Myself After Being Betrayed By God for Buzzfeed
I'm Queer, Tattooed and Muslim. Canada Needs To Get Used To That for CBC
How Hannah Gadsby's Nanette Helped Me Embrace My Sensitivity—and My Rage for them
PERSONAL ESSAYS:
When It Comes To a Family Trauma, Who Gets To Tell The Story? for The Guardian
How Getting Dressed Is Helping My Mental Health for Vogue
The Year In How Things Seem for Hazlitt
Why Them for Hazlitt
The Year In Power for Hazlitt
Our Final Constellation for Hazlitt
Living With My Mother's Mental Illness for Broadly
We Need To Talk About Thinness And The Privilege It Gives for Allure
The Dilemma of Losing Friends for Medium
The Unwavering Nourishment of Femme Friendships for Medium
On Giving and Taking in Relationships for Medium
The Brown Girl's Paradox: We're Both Invisible and Sexualized for Splinter
For The Love of Love for The Hairpin
Apart of Myself for The Hairpin
Let Me Love You for The Hairpin
WELLNESS/ SELF CARE:
Natural Wine is My Self Care for The New York Times
The Most Important Form of Self Care is Practicing Radical Compassion Towards Yourself for Allure
The Importance Of Choosing Yourself Whether Single or in a Relationship for Allure
self care series for The Hairpin
POLITICS, MUSLIM IDENTITY AND ISLAMOPHOBIA:
The Suffragettes of Saudi Arabia for The Guardian
Free Speech Has Not Been Kind To Muslims for Al Jazeera
The Year In Islamophobia for Hazlitt
Growing Up Muslim in a Post-9/11 World for Broadly
How the Deprivation of Ramadan Helps Care for the Spirit for The New York Times
Everything About Ramadan Is Different This Year for Bon Appétit
ASTROLOGY:
my column for them.
BOOKS:
How To Cure A Ghost is my poetry book being published by Abrams, Fall 2019
Being In Your Body is a journal for femme and non-binary body positivity being published by Abrams, Fall 2019
Like A Bird is a novel being published by Unnamed Press, Spring 2020
Who Is Wellness For? my first non fiction published by Harper Wave, Summer 2022
Survival Takes A Wild Imagination is my second book of poetry, Fall 2023