Shamira Ibrahim
Articles by Shamira Ibrahim
Shamira Ibrahim is a Brooklyn-based culture writer by way of Harlem, Canada, and East Africa, who explores identity, cultural production and technology via a race critical code framework as a critic, reporter, feature/profile writer, and essayist – with a particular emphasis on francophone accessibility in the anglophone Black diaspora.
"Are you from New York even? Do you have a big black puffer jacket?"
When we first made this show, a big question was, “Are there even enough cats in New York City to film?”
Residents say what was once a universally anticipated culmination of a magical Brooklyn summer is now the source of ongoing anxiety in the community.
'I discovered black-owned bars I hadn’t been to before but definitely plan on patronizing in the future.'
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