Latest articles by Nylah Iqbal Muhammad
![Food is no longer a main character on The Bear](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Bear-E301_35_03_04.Still035_85d160.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.866666666667%2C0%2C56.266666666667%2C100&w=2400)
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Culture
Every dish is beautiful and no one is hungry.
By Nylah Iqbal Muhammad
![How real is Shōgun?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25367148/bfa8ada2_5113_4468_9b7d_ee04bdb669f3.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.67%2C0%2C66.66%2C100&w=2400)
Culture
The FX and Hulu hit depicts a bloody, brutal, mostly thwarted colonial history of Japan. It’s based in the truth.
By Nylah Iqbal Muhammad
![The revolutionary spirit of Soul Train](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25299240/GettyImages_1195113239.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=27.169079627715%2C0%2C56.256463288521%2C100&w=2400)
Culture
Black creativity found a home on Soul Train — and made TV history.
By Nylah Iqbal Muhammad
![The lasting impact of The Color Purple](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25179371/the_color_purple_zz_231018_01_14d998.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=23.1%2C0%2C53.8%2C100&w=2400)
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Your guide to the 2024 Oscars
The Color Purple is a melodrama — and the new movie musical keeps its traditions alive.
By Nylah Iqbal Muhammad
![The truth about Napoleon and Josephine’s marriage, divorce, and lasting legacy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25120369/img2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
Movies
The Bonaparte marriage, not quite explained by Ridley Scott’s new movie.
By Nylah Iqbal Muhammad
![What is life like in Palestine? These short films offer a glimpse.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25115426/Screen_Shot_2023_11_27_at_12.58.52_PM.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=20.508166969147%2C0%2C58.983666061706%2C100&w=2400)
![What is life like in Palestine? These short films offer a glimpse.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25115426/Screen_Shot_2023_11_27_at_12.58.52_PM.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=5.7622504537205%2C0%2C88.475499092559%2C100&w=2400)
Culture
3 Palestinian short films available on Netflix show life under occupation.
By Nylah Iqbal Muhammad
![The enduring allure of a good love triangle](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24811489/Screen_Shot_2023_07_26_at_1.04.51_PM.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=14.944444444444%2C0%2C70.111111111111%2C100&w=2400)
![The enduring allure of a good love triangle](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24811489/Screen_Shot_2023_07_26_at_1.04.51_PM.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C2.4564183835182%2C100%2C95.087163232964&w=2400)
Culture
How love triangles capture our hearts and our attention.
By Nylah Iqbal Muhammad
![The real history of Queen Charlotte, and the problem with Netflix’s Bridgerton spinoff](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24635689/QUEENCHARLOTTE_101_Unit_01161RC.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.611111111111%2C0%2C66.777777777778%2C100&w=2400)
Culture
Shonda Rhimes’s new show imagines an interracial romance that remakes Regency England. That sure didn’t happen.
By Nylah Iqbal Muhammad
![Swarm isn’t a love letter to Black women. It’s hate mail.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24545283/Screen_Shot_2023_03_29_at_12.18.55_PM.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.61554192229%2C0%2C66.768916155419%2C100&w=2400)
![Swarm isn’t a love letter to Black women. It’s hate mail.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24545283/Screen_Shot_2023_03_29_at_12.18.55_PM.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.076569678407353%2C100%2C99.846860643185&w=2400)
Culture
If Donald Glover wants to prove he respects Black women, Swarm isn’t it.
By Nylah Iqbal Muhammad
![Atlanta’s third season explores the horrors of intimacy with whiteness](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23403189/ATL_304_0087r.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
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Culture
The FX hit leans into the surreality of being Black.
By Nylah Iqbal Muhammad