- My third & final story in my #NewYorkat400 series for The Independent is about Little Syria – North America's first Arab community. Founded in the 1880s, it once thrived with Arabic shops before city planning erased it.
Thanks for the commission, Annabel Grossman!

🔗 Full story: shorturl.at/zsx19

- Story #2 in my #NewYorkat400 series with The Independent is all about FOOD! 🤤 But not just any food — It’s about immigration shaping neighbourhoods via corner shops, kitchens, and restaurants. Thanks, AnnabelGrossman, for the commission! Full story: shorturl.at/RY9lR #NYC 🇺🇸

- The first story in my #NewYorkat400 series with The Independent was so much fun! 🇺🇸 From Gossip Girl to Friends, NYC was the dream for millennials. Big thanks to Annabel Grossman for believing in my ideas and allowing me to live out my New Yorker fantasy. Full story here: shorturl.at/m0huR #NYC ✨️

- My 10th (!!!) award nomination/win in just 6 months — officially in double digits! 🥹 This one is Highly Commended for Mentee of the Year at the IWTTF Awards. Grateful for the journey, my mentors, and Intrepid Travel's game-changing press trip. Congrats to all the winners and finalists! 🏆

- THRILLED to have won European Consumer Online Feature of the Year at the Inspire Global Media Awards! My Croatia–Pakistan story now has 6 nominations (awaiting a ceremony) + 3 wins! 🥹 Chuffed my Detroit pizza story was also nominated! Congrats to all the winners! #igmas #positiveimpactstorytelling

- Fantastic press trip hosted by Intrepid Travel for a timely @hyphenonline.com story in today’s divisive world. Captured this fiery sunrise during a hike up Mount Batur. Thanks, @kateguest.bsky.social, for the commission! 🇮🇩

Full story: shorturl.at/DIrAS

#Bali #Indonesia @travmedia.bsky.social

- What happens when Ramadan & Pancake Day overlap in London? It's a pancake pilgrimage! Big thanks to Ben Parker for the commission and to @the-independent.com for making it the cover of their weekly Traveller Digest! 🥞

Full story here: shorturl.at/ojJwZ #ramadan #pancakeday @travmedia.bsky.social

Om Swastiastu from beautiful Bali! 🇮🇩 Grateful to have written about Muslim-Hindu unity in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, with Bali as Indonesia's only Hindu-majority province.

Big thanks to @kateguest.bsky.social for commissioning this and to @intrepidtravel for the best press trip!

- Thrilled to be published in The i Paper! ☺️ My story explores the history of the Anglo-Indian community, often mistaken for British Asians. But, their roots date back to 1608, linking Cheltenham to its nickname, the "Calcutta of the Cotswolds."

Read the full story here: shorturl.at/VR4Ka

- Hello from beautiful Cheltenham! 🇬🇧 The little town recognised for many things, but did you know it was once infamously known as the "Calcutta of England"?

Here on a press trip for The i Paper to learn about pre-Partition South Asian history in a part of the UK where few would expect to find it!