I’ve always associated Turks & Caicos with having the best beaches in the Caribbean, despite never having been there — so this summer it was time to see for myself….
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Recent Work
Condé Nast Traveler just published a wonderful package celebrating the best of American road trips, from an ode to a gas station to the best stays on Route 66. I…
I had two restaurant contributions in Condé Nast Traveler’s Hot List this year: Juns in Dubai and Takya in Riyadh. You can see what I had to say about Juns…
The Middle East may well be the most exciting region in travel these days, thanks to a surge of development. So the time is right for a brand-new travel magazine…
I have a second feature in the launch issue of List: a look at Jaipur’s vibrant hotel scene. Read all about it here.
I sat down with Robert Bound, host of Monocle‘s travel-centric podcast The Concierge, to chat about everything from where I last stamped my passport to a hotel boom in the…
I was featured this week in the newsletter Virtuoso, The Journal for my recent cover story on Jaipur. I shared some of my recent packing picks and travel finds—read it…
Be sure to check out this month’s issue of Virtuoso magazine – I wrote the cover story, about Jaipur’s rich block-printing history. Read it here, and keep an eye out…
For International Women’s Day, Condé Nast Traveler unveiled its 2023 Women Who Travel Power List, for which I had the privilege of interviewing South Africa’s Zandile Ndhlovu, aka the Black…
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.