Culture
On the Unbearable Stupidity of What Our Kids Watch
On the things we put in front of children, and what we once expected them to understand.
Writer & editor · New York
Anna
Rahmanan
I write about politics, culture and the peculiar ways in which we live now.
Selected writing
Politics
The Palestinian Cause Has Never Been Freer
When a national cause becomes an all-purpose symbol of protest.
Culture
Thank God for Metallica and the Lost Art of Shutting Up
A case for letting music be music.
Education
The Slow Death of the American College
What happens when the promise of a degree no longer feels like a promise.
Personal essay
I Make Challah Every Week Because My Daughters Are Watching
On ritual, family, and the things children learn without being taught.
Theater
Why A Few Good Men Makes Us Miss the Bad Guys
As A Few Good Men returns to Broadway, even its villain inspires nostalgia for an America that expected more from those in power.
Copywriting / selected projects
Words for brands and inboxes
01 / NEWSLETTERS
Hospitality Headline
Hospitality industry newsletters. Editorial writing for readers who want the story, not the press release.
Browse newsletters ↗02 / WEBSITE COPY
Klyman Financial
Financial services website copy. Making complex subjects readable without losing their substance.
See the website ↗03 / AGENCY WEBSITE
Plus972
Website copy for an international branding and marketing agency, communicating its strategy, creative services and global perspective.
See the website ↗Selected commercial projects. Additional samples available on request.
About
I'm a writer and editor at Newsweek, where I work on stories about politics, culture and the arguments that shape public life.
Before Newsweek, I worked at Time Out. I was born in Italy and now live in New York. I tend to be interested in the details that complicate an otherwise perfectly good consensus.
For pitches, copywriting inquiries, assignments or correspondence: annarahmanan@gmail.com