Karen Attiah

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Karen Attiah

The budding bromance between authoritarianism and tech (washingtonpost.com) The budding bromance between authoritarianism and tech By Karen Attiah 2025052911304500 When he started as a Post contributing columnist in the fall of 2017, Jamal Khashoggi was trying, constructively, to pierce the futuristic illusions about Saudi Arabia that Mohammed bin Salman was selling to the world.

3 weeks ago | phillytrib.com | Karen Attiah

Singer André 3000 showed up with a grand piano strapped to his back, perhaps a reference to his carrying true music on his back for decades. But I have to say it was Black women who stunned the most at the recent Met Gala, one of fashion’s biggest nights of the year. Lupita Nyong’o brought out a light-blue suit with a flowing cape. A pregnant Rihanna showed off her baby bump in a formfitting skirt-suit with a cropped tuxedo jacket and dramatic wide-brimmed hat.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Karen Attiah

The Met’s celebration of Black dandyism has a dark side (washingtonpost.com) The Met’s celebration of Black dandyism has a dark side By Karen Attiah 2025050617255400 Singer André 3000 showed up with a grand piano strapped to his back, perhaps a reference to his carrying true music on his back for decades. But I have to say it was Black women who stunned the most at Monday's Met Gala, one of fashion's biggest nights of the year.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Karen Attiah

‘Sinners’ is a Black challenge to white Christianity (washingtonpost.com) ‘Sinners’ is a Black challenge to white Christianity By Karen Attiah 2025043013300400 The great, pioneering Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti once said: "Music is a spiritual thing — you don't play with music. If you play with music, you will die young.

1 month ago | karenattiah.substack.com | Karen Attiah

When I got the opportunity to teach at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) in the fall of 2023 for the spring 2024 semester, I was elated. My dream of teaching in a global environment had come true.