I’ve been finding myself feeling both socially anxious and desperate for company—and Zoom isn’t helping
Zaina Arafat
Zaina Arafat is a queer Palestinian-American writer based in Brooklyn whose work over the last 10 years has focused on marginalized communities and culture. Her 2020 debut novel, You Exist Too Much, has been praised by Oprah Magazine, Vogue, Elle and other publications. Zaina has been a regular contributor to Vice, and her writing has appeared in The New York Times, the Washington Post, The Believer, BuzzFeed, Granta, Guernica and The Atlantic.
How a revolutionary turned a Berlin mosque into a declaration of love
A new documentary about human rights advocate Seyran Ateş takes us inside her mission to reinvigorate Islam
Topline: Living in a post-pandemic theatre of the absurd
A vaccinated New Yorker attends a taping of “Saturday Night Live” and ponders the crucial relationship between performer and audience
Topline: The new normal-not-normal of Amanda Gorman and Kamala Harris
Have we really been released from years of manipulation, gaslighting and existential threats?
From the frontlines of democracy in D.C.
Senior editor Zaina Arafat was in Washington when the insurrection on Capitol Hill broke out
The year in books
A quixotic selection of the 5 best LGBTQ2S+ titles released in 2020