The September issue of Condé Nast Traveller Middle East features my story on Cape Town’s creative Cape Malay community. Read it here—and keep an eye out for me on the…
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Recent Work
For my debut in South China Morning Post’s weekly Post magazine, I wrote about my return to Royal Malewane. This luxe safari lodge near Kruger National Park in South Africa…
For Mandarin Oriental’s redesigned MO magazine, I wrote a design feature on the Middle East—I spotlighted secular and religious buildings in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, and Muscat, taking a close…
Time magazine’s annual list of the World’s 100 Greatest Places is out, and I had five contributions: the ambitious Himalayan restaurant Naar in India, Manam Chocolate in my hometown of…
In this week’s T List from New York Times’ T magazine, I wrote about the just-opened Raffles Jaipur in Rajasthan. Read it here.
I penned my first piece for the New York Times’ weekly magazine, a Letter of Recommendation essay about my relationship with a beloved Indian South African cookbook, Indian Delights. On…
Robb Report’s annual Best of the Best issue is its most anticipated, encompassing the latest highlights in Style, Watches, Cars, and more. For the Travel list, I traveled to Bhutan…
For the latest issue of AndBeyond’s beautiful Bateleur magazine, I wrote about six destinations for tiger safaris across India. You can read it here.
This spring I spent five days in Doha to get a feel for the city after its 2022 World Cup ambitions. And I kept feeling like five days wasn’t enough,…
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.