Last week I spoke on an engaging panel convened by Fodor’s editor Nikki Vargas and Femme Circle. I joined a group of powerhouse women in travel media discussing the future…
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Recent Work
My first assignment back from maternity leave was a dream: I traveled to SHA Wellness in Mexico for a much-needed postpartum retreat to reconnect with myself again—and to try to…
For the recently launched MENA edition of T magazine, I covered an elegant, artsy Eid dinner hosted by artist Aadil Abedi in Los Angeles this month. Read all about the…
Food & Wine’s annual Global Tastemakers issue is here, and once again I’m among illustrious company as part of its Global Advisory Board. You can see the whole package online…
For T magazine, I wrote about a recent beachside braai, or barbecue, in Cape Town, where designer Anita Patrickson, founder of accessories brand Amanu Studio, brought together South African creatives…
Time’s annual World’s Greatest Places list is out again, and I contributed four amazing destinations: Mharo Khet, a farm hotel in Rajasthan, the Tashkent Centre for Contemporary Art in Uzbekistan,…
Ramadan is in full swing, and for Vogue I covered an elegant iftar dinner held in Manhattan last week that brought together a powerhouse group of trailblazing Muslim women. Read…
I wrote about the best Indian restaurants in New York City, including some super buzzy new ones, for Condé Nast Traveler—read it here.
For the latest issue of Elle, I interviewed Carolina Herrera creative director Wes Gordon on one of his favorite cities, Madrid. 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.