THE HARVARD ADVOCATE
Oldest collegiate literary magazine in the United States
I met with Mohsin the day before my return to Cambridge. I’d off-handedly emailed his agent after reading his Exit West, because I’d cried, and I was startled, by my response, into action. I read The Reluctant Fundamentalist on the plane to Lahore, and I remember thinking: how have I not read this before? And then, that bitter-sweet, sinking feeling: he’s said everything I've ever wanted to say, and better!
I lived in Jeddah for twelve years. Even now, when I think of that little city by the Red Sea, I don’t think of it as home, not exactly. I could navigate the city blindfolded, but I couldn’t tell you if it ever was home to me.
Asiyah is the oldest and largest center in NYC that accommodates the holistic needs of domestic violence victims who identify with the AMEMSA (Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian) or BIPOC populations.
HARVARD POLITICAL REVIEW
Student-run political journal founded in 1969
HARVARD ADMISSIONS BLOG
As a Senior Student Coordinator in the Harvard Admissions Office, I wrote several blogs about my experiences during my undergraduate career.
THE AMENDMENTS PROJECT
I have worked with Professor Jill Lepore for the past two years on The Amendments Project, a searchable archive of the full text of nearly every amendment to the U.S. Constitution proposed in Congress between 1789 and 2022 (more than 11,000 proposals).
ACADEMIC RESEARCH
1960s Pakistan
I conducted research, in my third and fourth year of my undergraduate degree, on a collection of women's magazines published during the regime of Pakistan's military dictator Ayub Khan.