Condé Nast Traveler’s annual Hot List is out, and I visited three of the best new food-focused hotels on the list for a fun video. Watch to learn more.
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Recent Work
I traveled to Mallorca last summer for Chase Travel, and stayed at the dreamy La Residencia hotel in the hamlet of Deía, which has long inspired artists and writers. Read…
For Bon Appetit, I did a little behind-the-scenes of my April cover story on Naar, an ambitious new restaurant in the Indian Himalayas—talking about how I got there, where I…
Eid Mubarak! As Muslims around the world celebrate the end of Ramadan this weekend, many American Muslims will be reaching for the nearest doughnut box. You can read about it…
Last fall, I embarked on perhaps the most ambitious journey I’ve made so far solely in pursuit of a meal. Chef Prateek Sadhu’s Naar is high in the Himalayas in…
For Condé Nast Traveler, I wrote an essay about taking my mother on a trip to Turkey, and the role reversals we experience when we travel with our parents as…
I contributed five destinations to Time’s annual World’s Greatest Places list this year: Chef Dieuveil Malonga’s passion project, a culinary innovation village in Musanze, Rwanda; Zebun Nessa Mosque in Bangladesh…
Why do I think Kigali is the most exciting food city in Africa right now? Read my story in the latest issue of Condé Nast Traveler to find out.
For Condé Nast Traveler’s annual Women Who Travel Power List, I interviewed the legendary chef Asma Khan of London’s Darjeeling Express. Read it here.
Awards & Books
Awards
- Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, 2021: Honorable mention for the Grand Award, Travel Journalist of the Year
- South Asian Journalists Association, 2021: Outstanding Arts and Culture Reporting for “Zanzibar in the Rain,” New York Times
- Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, 2020: Bronze in Short Work on Travel for “Raise the Roof,” Condé Nast Traveler
- South Asian Journalists Association, 2019: Outstanding Arts, Culture, and Lifestyle Reporting about South Asia for “Force of Nature,” Surface magazine
- Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, 2018: Gold award in US/Canada Travel for “A Muslim American’s Homecoming: Cowboys, Country Music, Chapatis,” New York Times
- Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, 2018: Bronze in Service-Oriented Consumer Work for “My Town,” Virtuoso Life
- Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, 2017: Gold in Culinary-Related Travel for “Eating Bunny Chow in Durban,” Saveur
- South Asian Journalists Association, 2017: Outstanding Arts and Culture Reporting for “Eating Bunny Chow in Durban,” Saveur
- North American Travel Journalists Association Awards, 2016: Two Silver awards in Destination Travel and Adventure Travel for “7 Days, 1500 Miles in Namibia,” New York Times
- Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, 2016: Gold in Foreign Travel for “7 Days, 1500 Miles in Namibia,” New York Times
- Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards, 2015: Gold in Personal Comment for “Returning to Hyderabad, Once a Land of Princes and Palaces,” New York Times
- Solas Awards for Best Travel Writing, 2013: Silver in Most Unforgettable Character for “Spitting Distance in Jodhpur,” Wall Street Journal
Books
- New York Times Cultured Traveler: Contributed a feature on Bosnia & Herzegovina to this upcoming anthology
- Best American Travel Writing 2021: “City of Saints” from Travel + Leisure was selected for the 2021 edition of this anthology, edited by Padma Lakshmi and Jason Wilson
- New York Times 36 Hours World: 150 Cities from Abu Dhabi to Zurich: Contributed 36 Hours guides to Johannesburg and Mumbai for this anthology
- My Life Abroad: A Selection of Expat Stories: Contributed to this compilation of expat stories from around the globe, recounting my experience as an American in South Africa, in the chapter “From New York City to Cape Town.”
- The Places We’ve Been: Field Reports from Travelers Under 35: Contributed my essay “When Coconuts Attack” to this travel anthology.