Nafeesa Syeed
@nafeesasyeed.bsky.social
Writer/Editor. Lecturer/research scholar at Yale. Past: LA Times, Bloomberg, Associated Press, Fault Lines in DC-MENA-South Asia.
Remembering "تلك الرائحة" startling me in college
Towering Egyptian Novelist Sonallah Ibrahim Dies at 88 arablit.org/2025/08/13/t...
Towering Egyptian Novelist Sonallah Ibrahim Dies at 88
Egyptian novelist Sonallah Ibrahim — one of the great literary innovators of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries — died today, the Egyptian Ministry of Culture announced. He …
arablit.org
August 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Remembering "تلك الرائحة" startling me in college
What a delight to join the Maaz Meaczhar podcast to speak about my @markaz-review.bsky.social essay, "A Kashmiri in Cashmere," exploring colonization, displacement and belonging -- past and present.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2fRH...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2fRH...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
#12 From Kashmir to Cashmere: To Long and Belong
Maāz Meáczhar - An intimate conversation between a Father, Son & You! · Episode
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July 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What a delight to join the Maaz Meaczhar podcast to speak about my @markaz-review.bsky.social essay, "A Kashmiri in Cashmere," exploring colonization, displacement and belonging -- past and present.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2fRH...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2fRH...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
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Palestinians in Gaza recount journeys to Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution sites, as starvation looms.
‘Not aid, but humiliation’: A desperate search for food in Gaza
Palestinians in Gaza recount journeys to Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution sites, as starvation looms.
bit.ly
May 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Palestinians in Gaza recount journeys to Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution sites, as starvation looms.
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📖 In “Exile and Hope: Sudanese Creatives and the Question of Home,” Ati Metwaly follows Sudanese artists rebuilding life in Egypt while preserving heritage in exile. A powerful look at memory, war, and the meaning of home.
🔗 bit.ly/exile-and-hop...
#TMR50 #SudaneseDiaspora #ReturningHome
🔗 bit.ly/exile-and-hop...
#TMR50 #SudaneseDiaspora #ReturningHome
Exile and Hope: Sudanese creatives and the question of home
Sudanese artists in exile are keeping their identity and heritage alive while they await the chance to return home.
bit.ly
May 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
📖 In “Exile and Hope: Sudanese Creatives and the Question of Home,” Ati Metwaly follows Sudanese artists rebuilding life in Egypt while preserving heritage in exile. A powerful look at memory, war, and the meaning of home.
🔗 bit.ly/exile-and-hop...
#TMR50 #SudaneseDiaspora #ReturningHome
🔗 bit.ly/exile-and-hop...
#TMR50 #SudaneseDiaspora #ReturningHome
Looking fwd to this!
📣 Tomorrow: Join our online roundtable for TMR 50: RETURNING HOME.
🗓️ May 22, 1pm EST | 6pm UK
🎙️ With Mai Al-Nakib, Gabriel Polley, Nafeesa Syeed (@nafeesasyeed.bsky.social), moderated by Lina Mounzer (@warghetti.bsky.social)
🔗 RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🗓️ May 22, 1pm EST | 6pm UK
🎙️ With Mai Al-Nakib, Gabriel Polley, Nafeesa Syeed (@nafeesasyeed.bsky.social), moderated by Lina Mounzer (@warghetti.bsky.social)
🔗 RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Looking fwd to this!
Reposted by Nafeesa Syeed
This essay is long but worth reading in entirety—connecting the history & experiences of a small town in the US to Kashmir, Gaza, & native dispossession. Traversing everyday silences on the land, in one’s mind & in the heart…I was in tears by the end
themarkaz.org/a-kashmiri-i...
themarkaz.org/a-kashmiri-i...
A Kashmiri in Cashmere
After going to Cashmere in Washington state last summer, Nafeesa Syeed wrote the following essay on colonization, displacement, and belonging.
themarkaz.org
May 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This essay is long but worth reading in entirety—connecting the history & experiences of a small town in the US to Kashmir, Gaza, & native dispossession. Traversing everyday silences on the land, in one’s mind & in the heart…I was in tears by the end
themarkaz.org/a-kashmiri-i...
themarkaz.org/a-kashmiri-i...
Reposted by Nafeesa Syeed
With fiction, Zahid Rafiq tells Nafeesa Syeed you have to fight hard to accept and believe in your foolishness.
“Stupidity and profundity are almost next to each other,” he remarks.
“Stupidity and profundity are almost next to each other,” he remarks.
“Foolishness on the Page”: Talking with Zahid Rafiq
“What ends up in the writing is what the characters see, and what they see is determined by how they feel.”
www.publicbooks.org
May 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
With fiction, Zahid Rafiq tells Nafeesa Syeed you have to fight hard to accept and believe in your foolishness.
“Stupidity and profundity are almost next to each other,” he remarks.
“Stupidity and profundity are almost next to each other,” he remarks.
Reposted by Nafeesa Syeed
🌲[TMR 50 • RETURNING HOME]
A Kashmiri writer visits Cashmere, WA—named after her homeland—and explores what it means to belong. From diaspora to Indigenous erasure, @nafeesasyeed.bsky.social traces layered histories.
🔗 Read the centerpiece essay: themarkaz.org/a-kash...
A Kashmiri writer visits Cashmere, WA—named after her homeland—and explores what it means to belong. From diaspora to Indigenous erasure, @nafeesasyeed.bsky.social traces layered histories.
🔗 Read the centerpiece essay: themarkaz.org/a-kash...
A Kashmiri in Cashmere
After going to Cashmere in Washington state last summer, Nafeesa Syeed wrote the following essay on colonization, displacement, and belonging.
themarkaz.org
May 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🌲[TMR 50 • RETURNING HOME]
A Kashmiri writer visits Cashmere, WA—named after her homeland—and explores what it means to belong. From diaspora to Indigenous erasure, @nafeesasyeed.bsky.social traces layered histories.
🔗 Read the centerpiece essay: themarkaz.org/a-kash...
A Kashmiri writer visits Cashmere, WA—named after her homeland—and explores what it means to belong. From diaspora to Indigenous erasure, @nafeesasyeed.bsky.social traces layered histories.
🔗 Read the centerpiece essay: themarkaz.org/a-kash...
Reposted by Nafeesa Syeed
In conversation with Nafeesa Syeed (@nafeesasyeed.bsky.social), Zahid Rafiq discusses how most artistic renderings of Kashmir leave out the people, focusing only on its beautiful landscapes.
Who’s doing the looking, Rafiq asks, and who’s doing the telling?
Who’s doing the looking, Rafiq asks, and who’s doing the telling?
“Foolishness on the Page”: Talking with Zahid Rafiq
“What ends up in the writing is what the characters see, and what they see is determined by how they feel.”
www.publicbooks.org
May 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
In conversation with Nafeesa Syeed (@nafeesasyeed.bsky.social), Zahid Rafiq discusses how most artistic renderings of Kashmir leave out the people, focusing only on its beautiful landscapes.
Who’s doing the looking, Rafiq asks, and who’s doing the telling?
Who’s doing the looking, Rafiq asks, and who’s doing the telling?
So glad to speak with author Zahid Rafiq about his new book, "The World With Its Mouth Open"
In conversation with Nafeesa Syeed (@nafeesasyeed.bsky.social), Zahid Rafiq discusses how most artistic renderings of Kashmir leave out the people, focusing only on its beautiful landscapes.
Who’s doing the looking, Rafiq asks, and who’s doing the telling?
Who’s doing the looking, Rafiq asks, and who’s doing the telling?
“Foolishness on the Page”: Talking with Zahid Rafiq
“What ends up in the writing is what the characters see, and what they see is determined by how they feel.”
www.publicbooks.org
May 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
So glad to speak with author Zahid Rafiq about his new book, "The World With Its Mouth Open"
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New at PB, Nafeesa Syeed (@nafeesasyeed.bsky.social) chats with Zahid Rafiq, author of “The World With Its Mouth Open” (@tinhouse.bsky.social), which explores the lives of contemporary, everyday Kashmiris living in one of the world’s most militarized zones.
www.publicbooks.org/foolishness-...
www.publicbooks.org/foolishness-...
“Foolishness on the Page”: Talking with Zahid Rafiq - Public Books
“What ends up in the writing is what the characters see, and what they see is determined by how they feel.”
www.publicbooks.org
May 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
New at PB, Nafeesa Syeed (@nafeesasyeed.bsky.social) chats with Zahid Rafiq, author of “The World With Its Mouth Open” (@tinhouse.bsky.social), which explores the lives of contemporary, everyday Kashmiris living in one of the world’s most militarized zones.
www.publicbooks.org/foolishness-...
www.publicbooks.org/foolishness-...
In my new essay, "A Kashmiri in Cashmere," I visit the small town of Cashmere, Washington, and explore the curiously intertwined pioneer, Indigenous and Kashmiri histories.
A journey in displacement and belonging.
@markaz-review.bsky.social 50th Issue: Returning Home:
themarkaz.org/a-kashmiri-i...
A journey in displacement and belonging.
@markaz-review.bsky.social 50th Issue: Returning Home:
themarkaz.org/a-kashmiri-i...
A Kashmiri in Cashmere
After going to Cashmere in Washington state last summer, Nafeesa Syeed wrote the following essay on colonization, displacement, and belonging.
themarkaz.org
May 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
In my new essay, "A Kashmiri in Cashmere," I visit the small town of Cashmere, Washington, and explore the curiously intertwined pioneer, Indigenous and Kashmiri histories.
A journey in displacement and belonging.
@markaz-review.bsky.social 50th Issue: Returning Home:
themarkaz.org/a-kashmiri-i...
A journey in displacement and belonging.
@markaz-review.bsky.social 50th Issue: Returning Home:
themarkaz.org/a-kashmiri-i...
Reposted by Nafeesa Syeed
📣 [NEW ISSUE]
🏠 Can you ever really go home? In our 50th issue, writers reflect on return, loss & memory — from Palestine to Kashmir.
🔗 Read now → bit.ly/tmr-50-retur...
Thanks so much to everyone who contributed to this special issue.
#TheMarkazReview #TMR50 #ReturningHome #LatestIssue
🏠 Can you ever really go home? In our 50th issue, writers reflect on return, loss & memory — from Palestine to Kashmir.
🔗 Read now → bit.ly/tmr-50-retur...
Thanks so much to everyone who contributed to this special issue.
#TheMarkazReview #TMR50 #ReturningHome #LatestIssue
May 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
📣 [NEW ISSUE]
🏠 Can you ever really go home? In our 50th issue, writers reflect on return, loss & memory — from Palestine to Kashmir.
🔗 Read now → bit.ly/tmr-50-retur...
Thanks so much to everyone who contributed to this special issue.
#TheMarkazReview #TMR50 #ReturningHome #LatestIssue
🏠 Can you ever really go home? In our 50th issue, writers reflect on return, loss & memory — from Palestine to Kashmir.
🔗 Read now → bit.ly/tmr-50-retur...
Thanks so much to everyone who contributed to this special issue.
#TheMarkazReview #TMR50 #ReturningHome #LatestIssue