Skip To Main Content
Zaina Arafat on Muck Rack

Zaina Arafat

Verified
New York
As seen in: Xtra Magazine, The New York Times, Yahoo Entertainment, BuzzFeed, Intelligencer, The New Yorker, VICE, VICE UK, Harper's Bazaar, Vulture, Seattle PI and
Palestinian-American author, Debut novel YOU EXIST TOO MUCH
Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work. Claim your profile

Get in touch with Zaina

Contact Zaina, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Is this you?

As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile

Articles

Opinion | What Zohran Mamdani Understands About New York Original

|
By Zaina Arafat Verified
| The New York Times Verified
Opinion|The Aesthetic That Won New York City https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/opinion/zorhan-mamdani-aesthetic-new-york.html Guest Essay Nov. 9, 2025, 6:00 a.m. ET Credit...Illustration by Sam Whitney/The New York Times Listen to this article · 6:34 min Learn more Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani understands that New York is obsessed with itself. Much of his campaign’s aesthetic lay in showcasing the city.
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (3) Issue with article?

Lamya H Is the Nonbinary Author Proving the Power of Queer Muslim Stories

|
By Zaina Arafat Verified
| NewsBreak
Welcome to NewsBreak, an open platform where diverse perspectives converge. Most of our content comes from established publications and journalists, as well as from our extensive network of tens of thousands of creators who contribute to our platform. We empower individuals to share insightful viewpoints through short posts and comments.
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (440) Issue with article?

Lamya H Is the Nonbinary Author Proving the Power of Queer Muslim Stories Original

|
By Zaina Arafat Verified
| Them Verified
Lamya H is Them’s 2024 Now Award honoree in Literature. The Now Awards honor 10 LGBTQ+ vanguards at the forefront of culture and change today. Read more here. The best characters in literature are often messy, embodying overlapping and even contradictory impulses. Why should the figures in our religious texts be any different?
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (2) Issue with article?
See all 64 licensed articles (74 Total)