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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Haya Hussain

Haya Hussain, Arts Reporter

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Haya Hussain is a first-year student at the University of Iowa, and she is double majoring in English and Creative Writing and Psychology on a Pre-Med track. This is her first year writing for The Daily Iowan as an arts reporter.

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Kim Gordon performs with her band at Hancher Auditorium as the headliner for the Mission Creek Festival on Thursday, April 3, 2025. This is the art and music festival’s 20th anniversary of a weekend of events around Iowa City.

Kim Gordon brings an electric start to Mission Creek’s 20th anniversary

Haya Hussain, Arts Reporter
April 5, 2025
With spring blooms Eid in Iowa City

With spring blooms Eid in Iowa City

Haya Hussain, Arts Reporter
March 27, 2025
Opinion | Your tan is too dark

Opinion | Your tan is too dark

Haya Hussain, Opinions Contributor
March 26, 2025
President Donald Trump watches during finals of the NCAA Men's Wrestling Championship at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pa. on Saturday, March. 22, 2025. The NCAA Championships ended with Penn States fourth consecutive victory at 177.0, Nebraska in second 117.0, Oklahoma State in third 102.5, and Iowa in fourth 81.0.

Opinion | We have to retire feminism under Trump’s presidency

Haya Hussain, Opinions Contributor
March 25, 2025
The famous Hollywood sign in the hills above Hollywood, California, on Jan. 10, 2025.

Cougar culture glamorizes Hollywood’s ageism

Haya Hussain and Charlie Hickman
March 11, 2025
Penelope Lowenstein, guitarist and singer for the band Horsegirl, performs on the Grande Stage during day one of the Mo Pop Festival 2022 at Hart Plaza in Detroit on Saturday, July 30, 2022.

REVIEW | ‘Phonetics On and On’ is a warm, layered refuge

Haya Hussain, Arts Reporter
February 25, 2025
Alina Silwal poses for a portrait outside the Iowa Memorial Union on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. Silwal's time at the University of Iowa has been shaped by cultural enrichment.

Modern trends colonize South Asian culture

Haya Hussain, Arts Reporter
February 25, 2025
Photo Illustration.

Saints and sweethearts: the holy and hedonistic history of Valentine’s Day

Haya Hussain, Arts Reporter
February 13, 2025
Student curators W. Navaro Nehring and Monica Vree walk through the Alternate Paths exhibit in the Stanley Museum of Art on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. The exhibit opened in August of the Fall 2024 semester and will leave the Stanley for the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University on February 23, 2025.

Student curators explore ‘Alternate Paths’ with provenance research

Haya Hussain, Arts Reporter
February 11, 2025
Khushi Patel poses for a portrait in Adler Journalism Building on Sunday, Feb 2. Patel is one of many TikTok content creators on campus, and her account, theonlykhushi, has 12.4K followers.

TikTok ban presses pause on students’ scrolling social lives

Kyrsten White and Haya Hussain
February 4, 2025
Emily Knowles and Ava Mandle pose for a portrait by Christmas decorations in their dorm at Mayflower Residence Hall on Dec. 9. Many students like to put up holiday decorations in their dorms to celebrate the festive season.

Iowa students decorate their dorms for the holidays to capture the spirit of home

Haya Hussain, Arts Reporter
December 17, 2024
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International Writing Program participant Han Kang first South Korean Nobel Prize winner

Haya Hussain, Arts Reporter
December 11, 2024
Photo contributed by Ben Aldrich's.

Q&A | English ambassador Ben Ahlrichs’ journey through the natural world of poetry

Haya Hussain, Arts Reporter
December 10, 2024
Panelists (from left) Joy Harjo, Juan Felipe Herrera, and Sandra Cisneros speak during Latino-Native American Alumni Alliance Reunion at the Iowa Memorial Union on Sept. 29. Native American and Latino speakers spoke at a panel and shared their experiences as Iowa graduates.

UI alum Juan Felipe Herrera awarded MacArthur Fellowship

Haya Hussain, Arts Reporter
November 12, 2024
Photo contributed from Mahvish Farid

Poetry Column | Absurdism meets personhood in ‘Brick Bang’

Haya Hussain, Arts Reporter
October 22, 2024
Charli XCX performs on the Coachella Stage during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., on Saturday, April 15, 2023. Coachella 2023 Weekend 1 Charlie Xcx5918

Review | ‘Brat and It’s Completely Different’ is a little too different

Haya Hussain, Arts Reporter
October 17, 2024
The Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism recipient, Gene Andrew Jarrett, speaks with peers during the Truman Capote Award Ceremony and Reception in the Senate Chambers at The Old Capitol on Oct. 2. Jarrett won the award for his biography of Paul Laurence Dunbar; the $30,000 annual award is the largest cash prize for English-language literary criticism.

Q&A | 2024 Truman Capote Award recipient Gene Jarrett explicates his biographical novel

Haya Hussain, Arts Reporter
October 8, 2024
Photo contributed by Ikram Basra

Ask the Author | Lost in translation with Ikram Basra

Haya Hussain, Arts Reporter
October 3, 2024
Smith Likongwe addresses the audience during an International Writer Program panel held in the Iowa City Public Library on Sept. 13. The panel focused on storytelling in the digital age.

The weight of the world is in the word

Haya Hussain, Arts Reporter
October 1, 2024
Erin Birler, a student at the University of Iowa, waits for her classes to start on the UI campus on Sept. 18. Birler said she rarely listens to podcasts and prefers to listen to music instead.

Appreciating literary art with audiobooks, ADHD, and attention spans

Haya Hussain, Arts Reporter
September 24, 2024
Attendees cheer during a battle of the bands, hosted by University of Iowa SCOPE productions, at Iowa Memorial Union’s River Amphitheater on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. Local bands included; 28 Days Later, The Bits, One More Hour, and Kobe Williams and the Fantasy.

28 Days Later takes home a broken string and prize at Battle of the Bands 2024

Haya Hussain, Arts Reporter
September 5, 2024
Aug 28, 2017; Miami Gardens, FL, USA; Chris Martin of Coldplay performs with an American flag at the Hard Rock Stadium.

‘WE PRAY’ is as defiant and empowering as it is controversial

Haya Hussain, Arts Reporter
September 3, 2024
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