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Noor Noman

MSNBC Columnist

Noor Noman is a freelance journalist in New York City who has worked as a writer, editor, producer and presenter. He focuses on the intersection of culture and politics, particularly LGBTQ issues, feminism and race. His coverage also focuses on South Asia, which led him to pursue an M.Phil. in South Asian studies at the University of Oxford. He has worked at Bloomberg, Mic and Brut, among other places.

 

Noor Noman is a freelance journalist in New York City who has worked as a writer, editor, producer and presenter. He focuses on the intersection of culture and politics, particularly LGBTQ issues, feminism and race. His coverage also focuses on South Asia, which led him to pursue an M.Phil. in South Asian studies at the University of Oxford. He has worked at Bloomberg, Mic and Brut, among other places.

 

Latest from Noor Noman

25d ago

The 'No Other Land' Oscars speech accomplished a remarkable feat

Sunday's best documentary Oscar winner “No Other Land” covers the forced expulsions of Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank from a vantage point largely unexplored in the world of U.S.-focused Western cinema.
32d ago

Jane Fonda just showed us how to respond to Donald Trump

Jane Fonda used her acceptance speech for the Life Achievement Award at the Screen Actors Guild awards show to rebuke President Donald Trump.
53d ago

Beyoncé’s album of the year win is a tip of the hat to those who snubbed her

Beyoncé is the fourth black woman in history to win a Grammy for album of the year and the first since Lauryn Hill won for “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” in 1999.
72d ago

The new Meta policy makes social media a dangerous place for people like me

Mark Zuckerberg's decision to make policy changes to Meta platforms Instagram and Facebook will have real-world consequences for many LGBTQ users who are are four times more likely than cisgender people to be “victims of violent crime.”
182d ago

Why Maggie Smith’s turn on ‘Downton Abbey’ was the best acting in a generation

British actor Maggie Smith, who died Friday at 89, may have been best known for her roles in the Harry Potter franchise and the series 'Downton Abbey.'
212d ago

Why the drought’s finally over for thirsty Oasis fans

Noel Gallagher and Liam Gallagher of Oasis have reunited at a time when the world is in desperate need of what the Britpop band has embodied.
218d ago

The GOP’s racist attacks on Kamala Harris reveal a painful paradox for people like me

When Trump questioned whether Vice President Kamala Harris was “Black enough,” he was poking at a preposterous trope that plagues so many mixed-race people, including me.
241d ago

Wayne Brady gives an important lesson on the power of vulnerability

“Wayne Brady: The Family Remix” episode two builds on the concept that Black masculinity can be vulnerable, too.
246d ago

The underhanded fraud that helped create ‘N Sync and the Backstreet Boys

Lou Pearlman, who created the Backstreet Boys and 'NSYNC ran a $300 million Ponzi scheme that lasted for decades.
289d ago

'Bridgerton' season three confronts oppressive social structures

'Bridgerton' season 3 new episodes on Netflix contain a powerful lesson about the price of conformity, with Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) set up to be confronted with an impossible choice.
318d ago

Bumble is flirting with the idea of AI-power dating. It’s a bad idea.

Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd thinks AI technology on dating apps will represent the next wave of dating.
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