Nafeesa Syeed

Writer/Editor. Lecturer/research scholar @Yale. Past: @latimes @business @ap @ajfaultlines in MENA/South Asia/DC - Fellow @the_IAS @ucla. Views are my own.

[Nafeesa Syeed @NafeesaSyeed]

Excited to be in conversation with poet Rahat Kurd on her latest collection, "The Book of Z," giving new voice to the fascinating figure of Zulaykha thru the centuries. Join us: https://t.co/EC9jQOeiie @YaleSouthAsia

[Meg Kinnard @MegKinnardAP]

Mariam Dagga, visual freelance journalist for AP, chronicled the wounded & dead that every day flowed into southern Gaza’s main hospital.

Dagga was killed today by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital.

A gallery of her photos, curated by AP photo editors:
https://t.co/kVakuEu1SS

[Abby Sewell @sewella]

Four journalists were killed by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital today, including Mariam Dagga, a freelancer with the @AP. She has a 12-year-old son, who was evacuated from Gaza earlier in the war.

She was a true hero, like all of our Palestinian colleagues in Gaza.

https://t.co/dOPfQPfqj1

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital https://t.co/MMKatjgeAa

[Nilanjana Roy 📚🦊 @nilanjanaroy]

"Why did I write these stories? It was like you almost put your own hand inside your heart or in your mind, and what you pull out you did not choose, because you could not see, you pulled it out in the dark."

https://t.co/kEBRBDpIJn

(Via @sansip)

[The Markaz Review is @markaz-review.bsky.social @TheMarkazReview]

🌲[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 traces layered histories.

🔗 Read the centerpiece essay: https://t.co/VbJHvhVkA4

[Nafeesa Syeed @NafeesaSyeed]

@michaelluongo Thank you!

[Public Books @PublicBooks]

In conversation with Nafeesa Syeed (@NafeesaSyeed), 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?
https://t.co/yz6rUzDJ5v

[Public Books @PublicBooks]

New at PB, Nafeesa Syeed (@NafeesaSyeed) chats with Zahid Rafiq, author of “The World With Its Mouth Open” (@Tin_House), which explores the lives of contemporary, everyday Kashmiris living in one of the world’s most militarized zones. https://t.co/yz6rUzDJ5v

[Nafeesa Syeed @NafeesaSyeed]

In my essay, "A Kashmiri in Cashmere," I visit the small town of Cashmere, Washington, and explore the curiously intertwined pioneer, Indigenous and Kashmiri histories. In @TheMarkazReview's 50th Issue: Returning Home: https://t.co/ZesYAhB8aK

[The Markaz Review is @markaz-review.bsky.social @TheMarkazReview]

📣 [NEW ISSUE]

🏠 Can you ever really go home? In our 50th issue, writers reflect on return, loss & memory — from Palestine to Kashmir.

🔗Read now → https://t.co/SUmc1hZFEC

✨ Featuring works by @helou_karina, @NafeesaSyeed, @myr36573, @AbdohSalar, @atimetwaly, @maialnakib, @gabriel_polley, Lara Kassem, Batoul Ahmad, Raha Nik-Andish, Sophia Didinova, @AbdelahTaia, and @bettyshamieh. Thanks so much to everyone who contributed to this special issue.

#TheMarkazReview #TMR50 #ReturningHome #latestissue

[suhauna hussain @suhaunah]

“Per population, the death toll of Palestinian journalists is roughly equivalent to the killing of 8,500 U.S. newsroom employees.”

[Garry Bertholf @Garry_Bertholf]

Excited to be in convo w/ @BarnardCollege Prof. @nsharmawriter about her debut collection of essays, The Way You Make Me Feel: Love in Black and Brown (@penguinpress 2024). Many thanks to @Yale Prof. @NafeesaSyeed for organizing us & to @YaleSouthAsia & @YaleMacMillan for the invitation to serve as a discussant. When: Mon., Feb. 17, 4:30-6:00 p.m. Where: @211ParkStreet. Also looking forward to catching up w/ my @YALEAFAMstudies homies—@yohelych, @arabellakatz & @lilcontinent 🔥🔥🔥

[Mosab Abu Toha @MosabAbuToha]

I’m talking to family and friends. Many told me they wished they didn’t return to their homes to see them.
Every house is either destroyed or burnt.
I just learnt about so many friends and neighbors who were killed before.
Many families are digging with their bare hands through the rubble to retrieve the bodies of their loved ones.

[Los Angeles Times @latimes]

New drone video from the Palisades fire shows the extensive damage to homes along the shoreline.

[Brett Murphy @BrettMmurphy]

There is a ceasefire deal, so I want to share this story from my past year reporting inside the State Dept. trying to answer the central question of Biden’s foreign policy:

How did the U.S. let Israel get away with widespread horrors in Gaza? 1/

[Jireh Deng 鄧以樂 @bokchoy_baobei]

It wasn't just wealthy celebrities that lost homes in the Pacific Palisades. It was also working-class, middle-class families in Altadena, a diverse community of homeowners, renters who lost everything in the Eaton fire.

I spoke to them for @teenvogue. https://t.co/5n9io7TuDU

[Reuters @Reuters]

LIVE: View of Gaza as Israel and Hamas reach ceasefire agreement https://t.co/cmj0cXYowT

[Keri Blakinger @keribla]

I had a lot of people asking me so I wrote an explainer for @latimes.

Here's how you can help the incarcerated firefighters battling the blazes in Southern California this week: https://t.co/dB04IH3gr1

[Jireh Deng 鄧以樂 @bokchoy_baobei]

Lake Avenue in Pasadena is in ruins. It’s surreal to see a neighborhood you were literally born in, leveled to the ground. I don’t even have the words right now.