About.
AISHA SULTAN is a nationally syndicated columnist and features writer. Her work connects with parents trying to balance work and home life, while raising kids in a complex, digital age.
She chronicles the lives of families – those intimate relationships in which we battle and love most intensely. In their daily decisions, their small victories and defeats, readers look for someone with whom to connect. Aisha’s ability to authentically share these struggles, from the poignant to the hilarious, brings readers back week after week.
The Society of Features Journalism has repeatedly recognized her commentary as among the best in the country. The Asian American Journalists Association honored her coverage of the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., with an Excellence in Print national writing award.
She is a former Knight Wallace Fellow, during which she took a sabbatical at the University of Michigan to dive into how technology is changing modern family life.
She also produces videos and films, hosts a weekly podcast, speaks at conferences and frequently appears on television. Her work has appeared in more than a hundred print and digital publications, including The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Quartz and runs weekly in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
She is producing a series of short films about race relations in the heartland and a collection of essays about being a Muslim mom in the Midwest.
She lives in St. Louis with her husband and two children.
Work.
FEATURES.
- The limitation of teaching ‘grit’ in the classroom
“We are asking students to change a belief system without changing the situation around them.”
She took leap of faith, then Ferguson erupted
Charles Davis, 47, had been looking for a new business with his wife for six months before he asked the Lord to intervene.
- Teaching grit, wanting to quit
A 5-year-old dozed on the kid-sized sofa in the library corner of the room.
What it’s like to hear again: A world opens to a Ballwin teenager.
- My day-to-day journey on Whole 30
Hungry by early afternoon. Thinking about all foods as either forbidden or compliant constantly.
Press.
How anti-Muslim sentiment plays out in classrooms across the United States
No photos: Parents opt to keep babies off Facebook
Hillary Clinton has an unfortunate way of talking about American Muslims
Why riots erupted in one of the most segregated metro regions in the country
America is not for black people
Upfront: Airing Dirty Laundry
When Running and Religion Collide
St. Louis Parenting Columnist Aisha Sultan Airs Her ‘Dirty Laundry
Podcasts.
Aisha and Debbie Dish.
Columnist Aisha Sultan and KMOX host Debbie Monterrey host a weekly podcast and Facebook Live show about news that impacts your family.
Debbie’s Blog
Aisha and Debbie Dish Podcast Archive
Books.
FORTHCOMING.
Parents often stumble and search their way through parenthood. Journalist Aisha Sultan landed as an outsider in a tight-knit Midwestern town, where she uncovered stories that both shook and comforted the community around her.
This forthcoming collection of essays by a Muslim mother in the Midwest shares her humorous and heartfelt journey of raising a family and finding her place in an unexpected way.
Contact.
LET’S TALK.
For syndication information, contact:
http://www.universaluclick.com/text_features/parents-talk-back