WORKS-IN-PROGRESS

AMREEKA
a memoir-in-progress and a winner of the 2023 First Pages Prize for Creative Nonfiction

THE BEDOUIN
a screenplay-in-progress and winner of the 2023 Cambridge Creatives Screenwriting Competition

2023

The Visitor
a short story shortlisted for the 2023 Cambridge University Poetry and Prose Prize

2021

You Don’t Look Like an Ahmed 
a flash essay on Arab American identity and belonging | published in CATAPULT

How Long is Now
a profile of the interdisciplinary artist Alicia Eggert | published LONG NOW

2020

Two Arrested and Charged in Czech Republic for Distributing Ayahuasca 
a reported story on the use and legality of ayahuasca in Europe | published in LUCID NEWS

2019

The Medicine Woman of Huautla de Jiménez 
a book chapter on María Sabina and psilocybin mushrooms | published in EAT THE PROBLEM (Hobart: Museum of Old and New Art, April 2019)

The Boundless Optimism and Timeless Wisdom of Fantastic Negrito
an interview with Grammy-winning blues musician Fantastic Negrito | published in LEVEL

My Name is Ahmed. Am I White? 
a reported essay on Arab-American identity and the U.S. Census | published in GEN

2018

Confessions of a Juul Junkie 
an essay on e-cigarette addiction | published in GEN

Naming the Unspoken Thing 
a feature on secret psychedelic art parties in the Bay Area | published in GEN

What Happens When A Computer Runs Your Life 
an interview with a software engineer who has embraced the randomness of algorithms to make life choices | published in ONEZERO

Tripping on Acid with My Dad 
an essay on using psychedelics to bridge familial divides and heal past trauma | published in TRIPS WORTH TELLING  (an essay collection published by Medium, edited by Michael Pollan)

2017

This magical drug mansion in Upstate New York is where the psychedelic ‘60s took off
an essay on Timothy Leary’s time at Millbrook | published in TIMELINE

This Mexican medicine woman hipped America to magic mushrooms, with the help of a bank executive
an essay on María Sabina and psilocybin mushrooms | published in TIMELINE

2016

This genius chemist spent 50 years creating psychedelic drugs in his home lab…for a good cause
an essay on Alexander Shulgin and the history of MDMA | published in TIMELINE

Meet the psychedelics-obsessed scientist who wanted to learn dolphins’ language 
an essay on John Lilly’s research into dolphin communication and psychedelics | published in TIMELINE

2012

The New Myth: Frederic Spiegelberg and the Rise of a Whole Earth, 1914-1968
a journal article on the German professor of comparative religions who inspired the San Francisco counterculture | published in the INTEGRAL REVIEW, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jul., 2012), 43-61