asadch.bsky.social

Journalist. Photographer. Poet.

email: asad(at)chairsandtables(dot)org / DM for PGP or Signal

[ahmed ali akbar @radbrowndads]

i won a james beard award in the foodways category by writing about chicago's bean pie history today. i cant believe it.

[Jacky Habib @JackyHabib]

I'm proud to be selected as an African Union Media Fellow among a group of brilliant journalists across the continent who are committed to storytelling about Africa.

Looking forward to engaging with the AU, Africa CDC, and other partners throughout this 2026-2027 fellowship.

[asadch.bsky.social @asad_ch]

@JackyHabib amazing!

[Aidan Ryan @aidanfitzryan]

Some local media news: @politico is ending Mass Playbook as @kellygarrity3 joins the Globe to write a new politics newsletter

[asadch.bsky.social @asad_ch]

Dispatch from NYC: Mamdani's Election Party in Queens

You may be wondering, how did I end up here ...

https://t.co/iTuvW2IfZE

[Priyamvada Gopal © @PriyamvadaGopal]

As I am his auntie, I can say this. He really is also a very pretty boy.

[asadch.bsky.social @asad_ch]

@SouthAsianBuoy congrats, appreciate this update.

where is the application for a prospective bestie tier-level thing, especially long-distance one

[Rozina Ali @rozina_ali]

Wrote about Zohran Mamdani and Islamophobia

https://t.co/GhVGR0Coo8

[asadch.bsky.social @asad_ch]

(Re)Starting a journalism newsletter called Solastalgia. The word means environmental grief/anxiety.

https://t.co/KMMwqKtqYz

It is powered by dread and more. Selfie for the algorithm.

[Anuj Behal @Anuj__Behal]

From the wardrobes of the Global North to the dumping grounds of the Global South — discarded clothes reach Panipat, India, where workers breathe in dust and dye to turn waste into your next IKEA or H&M rug. (Sept / The Guardian)

https://t.co/n7by8gBhEj

[Eshan Sharma @iameshansharma_]

It is the Nobel season and it’s the perfect time of the year to remind everyone that Romila Thapar is the only South Asian to receive the Kluge Prize, which is considered to be equivalent to Nobel Prize for disciplines not covered by the Nobel Prize.

[Panchali @PanchaliRay3]

Unpopular opinion: Neeraj Ghaywan's Homebound feels like a course on " Introduction to Indian Sociology". Banal and bland. Cannot believe the same filmmaker made Geeli Puchi.

[asadch.bsky.social @asad_ch]

@anushcache immediate RT

[asadch.bsky.social @asad_ch]

@riymisr @politico @POLITICOMag congrats riya, looking forward to following along. I should be in and out of DC in the next few months, might try to round up some journalists when I'm there, will keep you posted!

[asadch.bsky.social @asad_ch]

@AnveeBhutani !!!

[Robyn Maynard @policingblack]

The problem with the Temporary Foreign Worker Program is that its workers are structurally held in exploitative conditions, face widespread abuse, and are denied a path to citizenship. What is needed is #statusforall so those who produce our food have labour rights.

[Shree Paradkar//श्री पराडकर 🍁 @ShreeParadkar]

By casting light on a lesser-known period - the years preceding the Nakba and the creation of the state of Israel - Palestine 36 counters the sophisticated efforts by Israel & its allies to erase or obscure the history of Palestine, writes @rdassaly #TIFF https://t.co/9WrqsHOuLd

[Will Sloan @WillSloanEsq]

The Toronto International Film Festival, a beloved annual ritual that answers the question: What if seeing a movie was like going to the airport?

[Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky @jeffwilen]

oh good a new bird for me to project onto in an unhealthy way