This is Muslim New York: artists, thinkers and politicos on defining a new era for the city
by Written by Rhana Natour, photography by Amir Hamja from US news | The Guardian on (#739X4)
A burgeoning set of Muslim creatives and intellectuals are thriving amid the backdrop of Zohran Mamdani's rise. We ask 18 of them about this historic moment in New York City life
Against the backdrop of Zohran Mamdani's mayoral rise is a dynamic scene of Muslim creatives and intellectuals who are helping usher in a new era for New York City. Their prominence represents a rebuke of the ugly Islamophobia that defined the period following 9/11, and is in many ways an outcrop of the mass movement for Palestinian rights forged over the last two years. We ask 18 Muslim New Yorkers to discuss their work and what this moment means.
How Muslim New Yorkers are changing the city's cultural landscape