Color
Congress

Essay · March 2026

Care as Culture Change

On care as a structural principle — what it means to build arts institutions and creative communities where care is the work, not the supplement.

Service95

Essay

Why Muslim Representation in Film and TV Matters

On what authentic Muslim storytelling in mainstream film and television demands — and why getting it right matters for communities whose lives have long been filtered through Hollywood’s lens.

Cross
Currents

Essay · March 2023

Little Syria

On Omar Offendum’s BAM show — how hakawati, mother-of-pearl, and shammi design create a bridge between a lost Manhattan neighborhood and its living diaspora.

Pillars
Fund

Editorial · 2023

Khayāl: A Multimedia Collection

A publication I edited for Pillars Fund — essays, audio, and art by Muslim creatives on imagination, memory, and culture.

Ruckus
Journal

Essay · Fall 2022

Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World

On the landmark Block Museum exhibition — how Arab artists used abstraction to negotiate identity, decolonization, and the intimacy of place.

Ruckus
Journal

Essay · 2022

Crossings

On Farah Salem and Anwulika Anigbo’s Chicago Artists Coalition exhibition — the body as a site of pressure, distortion, and indigenous healing.