A Post-911 DeclarationI wrote this in 2016, when reflecting on my frustrations with the world and what I could do. In 2017, I started a slam in the south suburbs…Jun 4, 2017Jun 4, 2017
2013: Cairo ReflectionThis is an excerpt from a diary, written when I was living in Cairo. Despite being Egyptian by heritage, the experience of living there in…Jun 4, 2017Jun 4, 2017
Voiceless or Unheard?I recently moderated a panel at the National Young Writers Festival called “Writing for People Without a Voice” that was supposed to…Oct 4, 2016Oct 4, 2016
Published inThe Center for Global Muslim LifeThe Unseen.My sister has bipolar. She has rolled with it for years; riding that rollercoaster while internalising guilt for being a ‘failure’ because…Sep 6, 2016Sep 6, 2016