Reads
What I'm reading and what's up next.
Pretty Much Everything
Aaron James Draplin
Design
Zaha Hadid
Philip Jodidio
Design
Eames
Gloria Koenig
Design
Something's Off
Virgil Abloom
Design
100 Interiors Around the World
Balthazar & Lazslo Taschen
Design
Homes For Our Time
Philip Jodidio
Design
The Messy Middle
Scott Belsky
Business
Daily Rituals: How Artists Work
Mason Currey
Design
گلستان سعدی
سعدی شیرازی
Religion
Letters to a Young Muslim
Omar Saif Ghobash
Muslim Identity
The Mantle Adorned
Imam Al-Busiri
Religion
Beyond Bilal: Black History In Islam
Mustafa Briggs
Religion
Sufism: Veil and Quintessence
Frithjof Schuon
Religion
The Masnavi: Book One
Rumi
Religion
ديوان الأمام الشافعي
الشافعي
Religion
The Alchemy of Happiness
Al-Ghazzali
Religion
Mantle of Mercy
Various Authors
Religion
Purification of the Heart
Hamza Yusuf
Religion
Revelation: The Story of Muhammad
Meraj Mohiuddin
Religion
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X
Memoir
The Clear Quran
Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Religion
Deconstructing the American Mosque
Akel Ismail Kahera
Design
Exit West
Mohsin Hamid
South Asian Identity
A History of God
Karen Armstrong
Religion
Here We Are
Aarti Namdev Shahani
Memoir
Islamic Geometric Patterns
Eric Broug
Design
The Design of Everyday Things
Don Norman
Design
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Mohsin Hamid
Muslim Identity
Hatching Twitter
Nick Bilton
Business
The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander
Criminal Injustice System
White Mughals
William Dalrymple
South Asian History
Design Is Storytelling
Ellen Lupton
Design
The Karma of Brown Folk
Vijay Prashad
South Asian Identity
Hyderabad 1948
Syed Ali Hashmi
South Asian History
The Last Mughal
William Dalrymple
South Asian History
Bengali Harlem
Vivek Bald
South Asian Diaspora
The Last Nizam
V. K. Bawa
South Asian History
Muslim Belonging in Secular India
Taylor C. Sherman
Muslim Identity
The Namesake
Jhumpa Lahiri
South Asian Diaspora
The Bad Muslim Discount
Syed M. Masood
Muslim Identity
A Woman Is No Man
Etaf Rum
Arab Womanhood
A Place For Us
Fatima Farheen Mirza
Muslim Identity
Creative Selection
Ken Kocienda
Design
We Too Sing America
Deepa Iyer
South Asian Identity
Interpreter of Maladies
Jhumpa Lahiri
South Asian Identity
Radiant Fugitives
Nawaaz Ahmed
Muslim Identity
The Bachelor of Arts
R. K. Narayan
Indian Literature
Hillbilly Elegy
J. D. Vance
Memoir
Evicted
Matthew Desmond
Urban Studies
The Firm
John Grisham
Legal Thriller
I've had the privilege of growing as a designer through the following experiences:
Summer 2020
Apple
Product Design Intern
Spring 2020
Samsara
Product Design Consultant
Fall 2019
YouTube
Product Design Consultant
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