Selected writing:

How Iranian New Yorkers Are Celebrating Persian New Year During the War (The New York Times)

Until My People Are Free: An Interview with Googoosh (Los Angeles Review of Books)

Artists Nationwide Unite Against the Trump Administration (Hyperallergic)

A Defiant Gaza Biennale Opens in New York City (Hyperallergic)

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)

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)