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Freelance Clips
Sometimes I am visiting shamans in Bushwick. Sometimes I am tracking the country-spanning journey of a self-described "homeless influencer." Sometimes I am writing about a communities struggling with an obsessive daydreaming disorder. Usually, I write it all down. Often I take pictures and videos. See some of these stories below. * "Interview: A Poetry Collection That Imagines a World Beyond Empire" "Secrets of a Homeless Influencer" "5000 Miles from Its Birthplace and Right at Home? Shamanism in NYC" "New Leaves: Pandemic Plant Parenthood" "Would You Pay Someone to Listen to You? The Rise of 'professional listeners'" "Windflaw" |
Al-Bustan News
As a former Media Fellow with Al-Bustan News, I covered local chefs, traditional Palestinian dressmakers, local politicians, community leaders and educators, the directors of local film festivals, educators facing censorship, diasporic community members navigating intergenerational trauma, and more. Now, as a monthly columnist, I cover the ways that MENA–SWANA artists and performers are defying erasure with socially engaged art. See some of these stories below.
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"National Book Award Nominee Fargo Tbakhi on Writing Poetry in a Time of Genocide"
"Amid Federal Cuts, Philadelphia Immigrant Aid Groups Fight to Survive New Era of 'Lawlessness'"
"Vox Populi's 'Art as Resistance' Refuses to Look Away"
"Lebanese Comic-Journalist Tracy Chahwan Wants Her Work to Bear Witness"
"'Iran is Not a Monolith': Philadelphia Iranians Feel Conflicted Following Israeli and American Attacks"
"Harnessing her Superpower: Palestinian Philadelphian Jude Husein Fights for the City and State"
"With Donald Trump Just Days Awake from Retaking Office, What Lies Ahead for Syria, Lebanon, and Philadelphia? Three Philadelphia Scholars Weigh In"
"Jewish Educators Denounce Philadelphia Schools for Censorship on Palestine"
"Grieving Lebanese Pennsylvanians Send Aid to Families Displaced by Israeli Bombings"
"New Film Highlights Delaware's First Female Muslim Legislator in Her Fight for Gaza Ceasefire"
"Outraged Over American Complicity in Gaza Genocide, Philadelphia's Young Arab and Muslim Voters are Ambivalent This Election"
"Protestors Call on Philadelphia School District to Reinstate Northeast High School Teacher Keziah Ridgeway, Calling her Suspension Islamophobic"
"'Fascism is Already Here:' Palestinian-American Senate Candidate Leila Hazou on the Urgency of Legitimizing Third-Party Voting"
"Mohammed Aslan Brings Classic Yemeni Flavors to Philadelphia with Malooga"
"As Gazan Teachers are Killed and Schools Destroyed, West Philly Bookstore Holds 'Scholasticide' Teach-In"
"VIDEO STORY: Dress Game: Philadelphia's La Farrah Boutique"
""Philadelphia Public Schools Face Censorship on Palestine. Teachers Fight Back."
"How a Revolutionary Iranian Arts Festival Inspired Vali Mahlouji’s Interdisciplinary Exhibit at Asian Arts Initiative"
"Philadelphia Novelist Alison Glick Speaks About the Family She Still Has in Gaza"
"Pro-Palestine Faculty Sue University of Pennsylvania"
"Philadelphians Mark 1915 Armenian Genocide and Ongoing Displacement"
"Philly Youth Speak Out On Behalf of Their Sudanese Families Impacted by Ongoing War"
"Philadelphia School District’s Handling of Palestine Has Been Abysmal, Parents and Teachers Say"
"Baldi Middle School Teachers File Potentially ‘Precedent-Setting’ Civil Rights Complaint Over Anti-Palestinian Discrimination"
"Hundreds March for Sudan in Dilworth Park, Insisting 'This is Not a Civil War'"
"BlackStar Film Festival Director Nehad Khader on Storytelling and Imagination’s Role in Liberation"
"Philadelphians Gather at Airport to Welcome 13-Year-Old Gazan Girl, Leyan Abu Alatta, Arriving for Medical Treatment"
"Have Philly’s “Uncommitted” & Arab-American Voters Found New Hope With Harris-Walz?"
"Bring on the Arab Punk: Bands Haram And Taqbir Headline Philly Concert"
As a former Media Fellow with Al-Bustan News, I covered local chefs, traditional Palestinian dressmakers, local politicians, community leaders and educators, the directors of local film festivals, educators facing censorship, diasporic community members navigating intergenerational trauma, and more. Now, as a monthly columnist, I cover the ways that MENA–SWANA artists and performers are defying erasure with socially engaged art. See some of these stories below.
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"National Book Award Nominee Fargo Tbakhi on Writing Poetry in a Time of Genocide"
"Amid Federal Cuts, Philadelphia Immigrant Aid Groups Fight to Survive New Era of 'Lawlessness'"
"Vox Populi's 'Art as Resistance' Refuses to Look Away"
"Lebanese Comic-Journalist Tracy Chahwan Wants Her Work to Bear Witness"
"'Iran is Not a Monolith': Philadelphia Iranians Feel Conflicted Following Israeli and American Attacks"
"Harnessing her Superpower: Palestinian Philadelphian Jude Husein Fights for the City and State"
"With Donald Trump Just Days Awake from Retaking Office, What Lies Ahead for Syria, Lebanon, and Philadelphia? Three Philadelphia Scholars Weigh In"
"Jewish Educators Denounce Philadelphia Schools for Censorship on Palestine"
"Grieving Lebanese Pennsylvanians Send Aid to Families Displaced by Israeli Bombings"
"New Film Highlights Delaware's First Female Muslim Legislator in Her Fight for Gaza Ceasefire"
"Outraged Over American Complicity in Gaza Genocide, Philadelphia's Young Arab and Muslim Voters are Ambivalent This Election"
"Protestors Call on Philadelphia School District to Reinstate Northeast High School Teacher Keziah Ridgeway, Calling her Suspension Islamophobic"
"'Fascism is Already Here:' Palestinian-American Senate Candidate Leila Hazou on the Urgency of Legitimizing Third-Party Voting"
"Mohammed Aslan Brings Classic Yemeni Flavors to Philadelphia with Malooga"
"As Gazan Teachers are Killed and Schools Destroyed, West Philly Bookstore Holds 'Scholasticide' Teach-In"
"VIDEO STORY: Dress Game: Philadelphia's La Farrah Boutique"
""Philadelphia Public Schools Face Censorship on Palestine. Teachers Fight Back."
"How a Revolutionary Iranian Arts Festival Inspired Vali Mahlouji’s Interdisciplinary Exhibit at Asian Arts Initiative"
"Philadelphia Novelist Alison Glick Speaks About the Family She Still Has in Gaza"
"Pro-Palestine Faculty Sue University of Pennsylvania"
"Philadelphians Mark 1915 Armenian Genocide and Ongoing Displacement"
"Philly Youth Speak Out On Behalf of Their Sudanese Families Impacted by Ongoing War"
"Philadelphia School District’s Handling of Palestine Has Been Abysmal, Parents and Teachers Say"
"Baldi Middle School Teachers File Potentially ‘Precedent-Setting’ Civil Rights Complaint Over Anti-Palestinian Discrimination"
"Hundreds March for Sudan in Dilworth Park, Insisting 'This is Not a Civil War'"
"BlackStar Film Festival Director Nehad Khader on Storytelling and Imagination’s Role in Liberation"
"Philadelphians Gather at Airport to Welcome 13-Year-Old Gazan Girl, Leyan Abu Alatta, Arriving for Medical Treatment"
"Have Philly’s “Uncommitted” & Arab-American Voters Found New Hope With Harris-Walz?"
"Bring on the Arab Punk: Bands Haram And Taqbir Headline Philly Concert"
Photo by Lauren Abunassar
Photo by Lauren Abunassar
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As a contracted freelancer with Los Angeles Magazine, I wrote about forgotten ghost towns, Eco-doulas, a VFX artist for the stars, the war on glamping in the Joshua Tree desert, and more. See some of these stories below.
* "At the Bombay Beach Biennale, Art Asks Questions of a Living Ghost Town" "Can an Eco-Doula Help Us Cope with Climate Change?" "The War on Glamping in the Joshua Tree Desert" "Is Environmental Activism in the Hands of Experimental Musicians?" "Netflix’s ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ is a Short Film with Big Impact… and an Oscar Nom" "'Hazing' Probes at the Nature of Loyalty and Legitimacy Through Violence" "And L.A. Artist is Planting 1000s of Acorns in the Santa Monica Mountains" "Peter Quinn's Hobby Made Him the Accidental VFX Artist to the Stars" "Amazon's 'Wildcat' Doc Explores Trauma and Redemption in the Jungle" |