Transposition, Harper's Bazaar
A short story about departure, published in the July/August 2023 print issue of the magazine for its annual contest.
Solomon's Mother, Zoetrope
A short story about two women living in the same house, awarded an honorable mention in Winter 2021 by the magazine's annual contest.
Li Beirut, Again, Financial Times
A personal essay about Lebanon's cycles of war and grief. Published in November 2024 with art by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige.
Heliopolis, Harper's Magazine
A letter from Baalbek, Lebanon, where I return to the hotel my grandfather was born in. Published in January 2025 with photography by Tanya Traboulsi.
Writing Samer, Financial Times
A meditation on illness and time, co-written with my friend and mentor Samer Iskandar, a former journalist whose brain cancer diagnosis eroded his ability to write and began our collaboration. Published in February 2024 with art by Molly Fairhurst.
Bidding the Phoenix Goodbye, British Vogue
A short essay about Lebanon that won the 2021 Vogue Talent Contest. Published in September 2021.
Monthly Spotlight, Other Voices Other Geniuses
On irrational fears, pet peeves, God, wasting time, illogical beliefs, childhood smells, and how a raven is like a writing desk.
I Am Your Body, and I'm Not Too Crazy About You, Either, Byline
Thoughts from your body after years of enduring you, too. Published in September 2024 with art by Kissi Ussuki.
Ivy Oration, Harvard Class Day 2022
Delivered the graduation speech for Harvard’s Class of 2022!
Girl Who Doesn’t Know What That Means, Adams Housing Day 2019
I still don’t know what that means. Directed by Manuel Chavez. Song & concept by BJ Watson, Devin Darrington, John Jenkins, Justin Mitchell, and Isaiah Wingfield.
Author Page, The Harvard Lampoon
Vanitas, The Black Death, Office Crush, Finals at Film School, The Time I Got Caught Milking, Recovery Clinic, Sunset Comix, and How Cancer Eventually Got Cured.
Author Page, Points In Case
- "The Book of Genesis, If God Was Creating a Party"
- "My Day as an Intern, as Imagined by My Exceedingly Optimistic Parents"
- "Five Turtles You Saved to Get into College and the Spine-Chilling Deaths They’ve Died Since"