Nafeesa Syeed

Remembering "تلك الرائحة" startling me in college

#12 From Kashmir to Cashmere: To Long and Belong Maāz Meáczhar - An intimate conversation between a Father, Son & You! · Episode

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.
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‘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.

Palestinians in Gaza recount journeys to Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution sites, as starvation looms.

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.

📖 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.

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Looking fwd to this!

A Kashmiri in Cashmere After going to Cashmere in Washington state last summer, Nafeesa Syeed wrote the following essay on colonization, displacement, and belonging.

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
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Thank you!

“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.”

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.

A Kashmiri in Cashmere After going to Cashmere in Washington state last summer, Nafeesa Syeed wrote the following essay on colonization, displacement, and belonging.

🌲[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...

“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.”

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?

So glad to speak with author Zahid Rafiq about his new book, "The World With Its Mouth Open"

“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.”

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.
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A Kashmiri in Cashmere After going to Cashmere in Washington state last summer, Nafeesa Syeed wrote the following essay on colonization, displacement, and belonging.

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:
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📣 [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.

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