Work

Check out some of my writing, social media, and research work.

Communications Strategy

• How to use Twitter in this crazy time

• How to beat Instagram’s algorithm with standout, engaging content

The Atlantic

• Instagram content, strategy and audience engagement initiatives

  • Write, edit and design posts and Stories (some examples):

    • Rest as Resistance (which turned into an episode on the Social Distance podcast)

    • What Really Happened to Malaysia’s Missing Airplane

    • What We’re Reading This Summer

    • When GoFundMe Gets Ugly

    • Crowdsourced reader questions on the coronavirus for a series of Instagram stories

    • Quotecards and textgraphics

    • Celebrating Ramadan Before the Pandemic

  • Write and produce weekly quizzes

  • Launched the IGTV channel and filmed Atlantic staff Q&A video series

  • Ran the #ReadingMyAtlantic 2019 and 2020 contests

  • Launched the #AtlanticPoetryChallenge

  • Launched and write the monthly Behind the Byline column

The Christian Science Monitor

• Telling stories that all can enjoy

MuslimGirl

• Why Mona Haydar’s New EP Validates an American-Muslim Feminist Like Me

The Center for Public Integrity

• The Supreme Court’s travel ban decision, explained

• On Paul Manafort and foreign lobbying: a Q&A with the author of 'The Torturers’ Lobby'

• Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

Vox

• The vast diversity of the Women’s March on Washington, in words and photos

• Inside the Resistance Manual, a guide to Trump-era policies — and how to protest them

• How a viral protest photo gave this rabbi a chance to spread a message of hope

• For so many Americans, Obamacare offered career freedom. A repeal could take that away.

Everyday Feminism

• How anti-blackness is making the world ignore African refugees

• 7 Things You Didn’t Know Affect Your Immigration Status

• There is a 17% Increase in Mexico Border Deaths This Year — Here’s What We Can Do About It

• The Temporary Protected Status Program is Under Threat and So Are Thousands of Immigrants — Here’s How You Can Save Them

The Center for Media and Social Impact

• Journey to the Academy Awards: A Decade of Race & Gender in Oscar-shortlisted documentaries (2008-2017)

Freelance

• Keren Restaurant: A Taste of Eritrea