Selected writing:

Diaspora Dance Spaces Provide Healing in Times of Grief. For Some, They Also Raise Questions. (Rolling Stone MENA)

English’s Ava Lalezarzadeh Comes Into Her Own (The Brooklyn Rail)

Social Mediums: Astrologers on TikTok and YouTube Predict the Election Outcome (Columbia News Service)

An acclaimed graphic novel is seeing a resurgence, brought on by the war in Gaza (NPR)

Overnight lines and mayhem in stores. It's not a new iPhone — it's a Stanley tumbler (NPR)

If you want to up your yogurt game, this Iranian cookbook will show you the whey (NPR)

A man killed women he deemed 'immoral' — an Iranian film fictionalizes the story (NPR)

Iran's protesters find inspiration in a Kurdish revolutionary slogan (NPR, co-reported)

In 'Mothercoin', the labor of love transcends borders (NPR Code Switch Blog)