"Against the backdrop of Zohran Mamdani's mayoral rise is a dynamic scene of Muslim creatives and intellectuals who are helping usher in a new era for New York City. Their prominence represents a rebuke of the ugly Islamophobia that defined the period following 9/11, and is in many ways an outcrop of the mass movement for Palestinian rights forged over the last two years. We ask 18 Muslim New Yorkers to discuss their work and what this moment means."
"A celebrated Palestinian-American writer and poet, Hala Alyan explores themes of exile and belonging in her work. Based in Brooklyn, the 39-year-old hosts a popular live performance series called Kan Yama Kan (One Upon a Time in Arabic), which fundraises for causes from Gaza to Sudan to reproductive justice. Her recent memoir, I'll tell you when I'm home, excavates her family's history of displacement throughout the Middle East and the US, alongside her own struggles with infertility."
Zohran Mamdani's mayoral rise coincides with a dynamic scene of Muslim creatives and intellectuals reshaping New York City's cultural landscape. Their prominence rebukes Islamophobia after 9/11 and draws energy from the recent mass movement for Palestinian rights. Hala Alyan, a Palestinian-American writer and poet in Brooklyn, explores exile and belonging, hosts Kan Yama Kan, and fundraises for Gaza, Sudan, and reproductive justice. Her memoir I'll tell you when I'm home traces family displacement across the Middle East and the US and recounts her struggles with infertility. Mohammed R Mhawish left Gaza after surviving an airstrike and losing journalist friends and now contributes to outlets including The New Yorker.
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