On International Women’s Day, Condé Nast Traveler reveals its annual Women Who Travel Power List. This year, I had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant, a wildlife ecologist and…
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Recent Work
I’m thrilled to have had two of my stories recognized by the North American Travel Journalists Association’s annual awards this week. I won Gold in Culinary Travel for my Food…
My feature on Islamic Portugal appears in the March/April issue of Condé Nast Traveller Middle East—you can read it here.
For the Wall Street Journal, I interviewed four prominent locals—fashion designer Manish Malhotra, pastry chef Pooja Dhingra, art consultant Farah Khan Siddiqui, and architect Ashiesh Shah—about their favorite places in…
I love writing about Dubai’s food scene, so I had a blast reporting this one for Tripadvisor—juxtaposing some of the city’s most thrilling high-end experiences with some more low-key, but…
For my latest story for Afar, I interviewed a wide range of hotel concierges around the world to learn more about how they are the secret weapon to a seamless…
When I lived in Cape Town I loved covering its food scene, but I’ve also been excited to watch it evolve over the past decade. On my most recent visit,…
For T Magazine, I interviewed chef Prateek Sadhu about Naar, his ambitious new restaurant in India’s Himalayas. Read it here.
Like everyone else, I’ve been dying to go to Portugal—but what I was most curious was about its Moorish legacy. Even though Portugal shares a similar history with neighboring Spain,…
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.