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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

15d 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.
21d 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.
44d 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.
49d 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.
92d 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.
121d 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.
142d ago

Netflix's 'Baby Reindeer' is a brilliant exploration of the pernicious toll of abuse

Netflix new top show "Baby Reindeer" explores how desire and intimacy’s relationship to shame is deeply entrenched and hard to disentangle for trauma survivors.
177d ago

Why Anwar Hadid's Instagram post matters to young Muslims

Actor and producer Anwar Hadid, younger brother of supermodels Bella and Gigi Hadid, posted photos on Instagram of him performing the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca during Ramadan.
186d ago

Ryan Gosling’s spectacular Oscar performance had an even better message

Ryan Gosling’s rendition of “I’m Just Ken” at the Oscars on Sunday night was even more campy, flamboyant and homoerotic than in the film "Barbie."
204d ago

‘Love is Blind’ is a compelling dumpster fire of drama. It’s also extremely problematic.

Season 6 of Netflix's "Love Is Blind," though easy to binge, reinforces a worldview that hurts oppressed populations, including women, queer people and Black people.
213d ago

The NFL’s wealthy white owners recruiting Black players in Africa is horrible optics

A Super Bowl commercial during the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers, promoted the NFL's global recruitment program in Africa.