by zaakirahnayyar | May 4, 2026 | Uncategorized
Reader, Greetings from Maryland! Happy Mental Health Awareness Month, Retinoblastoma Awareness Month, Star Wars Day and Met Gala Day.It’s my first time back in the Maryland area for a good 20 days since I lived here from 2012-2014, and wow, so much has changed. Back...
by zaakirahnayyar | Apr 17, 2026 | Uncategorized
Greetings, As I prepare to leave Ghana, I’ve been reflecting on how this trip began — and how it’s ending — and I’m realizing something powerful: This journey has resurfaced the urgent need for media. I started this trip attending a photography symposium in...
by zaakirahnayyar | Mar 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
Greetings Reader, The only thing that is constant is change. People change. Experiences change people. Even the places we carry in our memories change. I was reminded of that recently. I arrived in Ghana again for the first time since 2011. Fourteen years is a long...
by zaakirahnayyar | Mar 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
Greetings Reader, I’m typing this from near Atlanta, Georgia — but I’m preparing to head to Ghana soon, where my mother is now based. This trip carries a lot of weight. New chapter energy. Diaspora homecoming. Media correspondent work with Focus Black...
by zaakirahnayyar | Feb 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
Greetings Reader, It’s a new season, the official start of the new year for most, and the start of Women’s History Month. This is the year to take relationships out of the group chat. Out of the comment section. Out of the algorithm. And into real life. I’ve been...
by zaakirahnayyar | Feb 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
Reader, I just got back from my first-ever NBA All-Star experience in Los Angeles! There’s a part in my book, Seeing Life Through a Different Lens, where I share my love for basketball and how Space Jam (the original with Michael Jordan) was one of my first favorite...
by zaakirahnayyar | Feb 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
Greetings, There are moments in life that feel surreal while you’re living them — and working as a stagehand on the field team for Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl 60 halftime show was one of them. I’ve been watching halftime performances since Destiny’s Child made a...
by zaakirahnayyar | Feb 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
Greetings Reader, February is always an amazing month! 🗽 My NYC Tourism Article Is Live! I’m excited to share that my New York City tourism article is out, and it explores the city through the lens I care about deeply: family, culture, and disability. I reconnected...
by zaakirahnayyar | Jan 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
Reader, Journaling has always been my first form of therapy. From writing detailed accounts of my day, like the Diary of Anne Frank, to manifesting my future using techniques like Steve Harvey’s “powerful 300,” it’s been a constant in my life. Recently, I revisited a...
by zaakirahnayyar | Jan 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
Hey Reader, There’s a trend going on where people are flashing back ten years to 2016. I took a look at my archives and realized that 2016 seemed like a breadcrumb trail—small moments quietly leading to where I am now. Back then, I was juggling social media clients,...
