Reviews

Butterfly Season 1 Review: A Formulaic but Heartfelt Spy Drama – Tell-Tale TV

Panchayat Season 4 Review: Politics Gets Personal in Phulera – Tell-Tale TV

Dept. Q Season 1 Review: A Compelling, Gritty Mystery – Tell-Tale TV

#1 Happy Family USA Season 1 Review: A Timely if Messy Exploration of the Costs of Assimilation – Tell-Tale TV

The Residence Review: An Intriguing Whodunit that Fumbles its End – Tell-Tale TV

Deli Boys Review: A Rollicking but Heartfelt Family Crime Comedy – Tell-Tale TV

Zero Day Review: Neither Thrilling Nor Politically Intriguing – Tell-Tale TV

Mo Season 2 Review: A Heart-Rending Homecoming – Tell-Tale TV

The Night Agent Season 2 Review: Leveling Up for a Nail-Biting Season – Tell-Tale TV

“Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Episodes 1 and 2 Review: A Charming Addition to the Star Wars Universe” – Tell-Tale TV

“Interior Chinatown” Bites off More Social Commentary than it Can Chew – Tell-Tale TV

“The Diplomat” Season 2 Review: A Shorter and Somehow Crazier Season – Tell-Tale TV

Dev Patel’s “Monkey Man” Fights for all Underdogs – The Wellesley News

“The Marvels” Shines Brightest When it Focuses on its Leads – Nerdist

Hasan Minhaj Lays it Bare in “The King’s Jester” – Fann/American Muslim Project

“Polite Society” is a Riotous Tribute to Sisterhood – Fann/American Muslim Project

“Eternals” Ponders the Worth of Humanity – The Wellesley News

How Marvel Finally Gave Black Widow her Own Story – The Wellesley News

Reporting

Wellesley FJP Formed for the First Time – The Wellesley News

FIP Faculty Form a New Union: Wellesley Organized Academic Workers (WOAW) – The Wellesley News

The HistoryMakers Digital Archive Brings a More Inclusive History to Wellesley – The Wellesley News

Who are Wellesley’s Asians? – The Call for the Disaggregation of the Label “Asian” – The Wellesley News

President Johnson Announces Official Wellesley College Land Acknowledgment – The Wellesley News

Freedom Project Shutting Down After Years of Controversy – The Wellesley News

WASAC Works Towards Increasing Inclusion of Afghan Students – The Wellesley News

Muslim Students Find Community During Ramadan in Spite of COVID-19 – The Wellesley News

Commentary & Personal Essays

The Selective Politics of the Hunger Games’ Fandom – The Polis Project

How the Wheel of Time Series Fixes the Books’ Major Issues with Women Characters – Nerdist

Kamala Harris is Using Meme Culture to Woo Gen-Z Voters. Are They Buying It? – The Polis Project

‘Kal Ho Naa Ho’ Reminds Us to Love Life Unconditionally – Joy Sauce

Can’t You See? We are the Capitol. – The Wellesley News

Associating Ms. Marvel with Djinn is a Serious Problem – Nerdist

Wellesley’s Erasure of Indian Muslims – The Wellesley News

Never Have I Ever Been so Disappointed in “Never Have I Ever” – Fann/American Muslim Project

There is no “M-She-U”… But Maybe There Should Be – Nerdist

Ms. Marvel Powerfully Portrays the Pain of Partition – Nerdist

Your Asian is Not My Asian – The Wellesley News

Asian Americans’ Appropriation of AAVE has to stop – The Wellesley News

The Complications of Representation – The Wellesley News

How Marvel Failed Black Widow (and Women in the MCU) – The Wellesley News

Corporate Activism Cannot be Trusted – The Wellesley News

Interviews

Josha Stradowski on Rand’s Evolution in The Wheel of Time Season 3 – Nerdist

Shohreh Aghdashloo Dives into The Wheel of Time’s Rivalry Between Elaida and Siuan Sanche – Nerdist

Iman Vellani on “The Marvels,” Writing Ms. Marvel Comics, and her Hopes for Kamala Khan’s Future – Nerdist

Ms. Marvel’s Bisha K. Ali on Partition, Representation, and Hopes for a Red Dagger Spinoff – Nerdist

Fann Chat: Pulitzer Prize-winning Illustrator Fahmida Azim – Fann/American Muslim Project

A Conversation with TikToker and Content Creator Neebz Khan – Fann/American Muslim Project

Sara Alfageeh Talks Ms. Marvel, “Squire” and Being Self-Indulgent as a Marginalized Creator – Fann/American Muslim Project

Representation, Politics in Art, and Navigating Community Expectations with Farah Jabir – Fann/American Muslim Project

Weaving the Personal and Spiritual with Jude Chehab – Fann/American Muslim Project

Ali Barthwell ’10, The Emmy Winner – The Wellesley News

Ayesha Jalal ’78 Speaks on Kashmir, Partition and Nationalism – The Wellesley News

Fadzayi Mahere Calls on Youth to Participate in Democracy – The Wellesley News

For Fann (now American Muslim Project), an outlet dedicated to featuring Muslim artists and artistic projects, I led the Fall Into Reading series featuring ten Muslim young adult, middle grade, and children’s literature authors. The interviews are each linked below:

Saadia Faruqi Reflects on Her Journey and the Growing Community of Muslim Writers
Hena Khan on Anxiety, the Ownership of Art and Finding Representation in “Little Women”
Aya Khalil on Arab Americans in KidLit, Book Bans and the Importance of Honing Your Craft
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow on Black Muslim Representation in Books and Taking Pride in Public Prayer
Aisha Saeed Talks “Amal Unbound,” Aladdin and Finding Desi Magical Realism
S. K. Ali on Halal Romance and Creating a Muslim Literary Canon
Autumn Allen on “All You Have to Do” and Finding Parallels in History
Ashley Franklin On “The Masjid Kamal Loves” and the Staying Power of Princess Stories
Aisha Abdel Gawad on Allowing Muslim Characters To Be Messy
Aamna Qureshi on Halal Romances and Hijabi Representation

Podcasts

The Polis Project – 2024 Election Coverage Livestream Panel

Slayerfest98 – The Marvels review and Ms. Marvel Ep. 3

The Middle Geeks – Ms. Marvel Ep. 3 & 4 and The Marvels