Journal of Religion and Popular Culture

2025

Quoted in “Representations of US Muslims in Hulu’s Ramy: Islamophobia, Religiosity, and Dating” by Tazeen M. Ali.

NPR

2023

Interviewed on It’s Been a Minute podcast, in a segment titled “Hasan Minhaj and the limits of representation.”

“One of the things I think that is so true about masculinity and being a "man" in the Western context, it's like the only people allowed to be men are white. But really, all men are taught to think that they're never quite man enough. You have to keep doing things in order to prove your manhood. And one of the central things you're taught is that acquiring the attention and affection, but also, like, really service from women is one way you prove that you're a man. And if you go deeper into it, 'cause race is always there...”

Philadelphia Inquirer

2023

“BlackStar Film Festival will showcase a film by Philly’s Imran Siddiquee.”

“Another personal experience Siddiquee drew upon as they wrote the film was the history of their family, Bangladeshi people of all genders, and queer folks of color. As they learned more, for example, about what their grandmother had to do during the civil war between East and West Pakistan — which led to the creation of Bangladesh — “I started to find that the stories I was told about what one gender can do and another gender can’t do were not rooted in reality, even within my own family.’”

Philadelphia Inquirer

2020

Quoted in the news article “East Passyunk to change its Native American logo, a step its business association calls ‘long overdue,’” which followed by series of pieces on the logo:

“Siddiquee admitted Monday to being heartened to see that Indigenous people have been involved in the East Passyunk change, but added that “the change is a small one" and much more is needed in Philadelphia and elsewhere.

That was evidenced, Siddiquee said, by the fact that the news was circulating Monday — which, depending on where you live, is Columbus Day, a holiday that celebrates the explorer who contributed to the genocide of Indigenous people, or Indigenous Peoples' Day, which honors them. In Philadelphia, Columbus Day remains a holiday, Siddiquee noted.”

Philadelphia Inquirer

2019

Interviewed for an article (“East Passyunk reconsiders Neighborhood logo after writer calls out ‘casual racism,’”) responding to my piece for Bloomberg News’s CityLab:

“The South Philadelphia-based writer Imran Siddiquee notes in the Dec. 24 piece that the corridor lacks historical plaques or signs to teach people about the Lenape history of the area.

In an interview, Siddiquee described walking along the corridor, a foodie haven, and growing curious what people thought of the logos, which Siddiquee connected to the racially insensitive “Indian Head” imagery. Popular in the 19th century, the image was used in print advertisements that offered bounties for killing indigenous people.”

Al Jazeera

2018

Appeared as part of a live segment titled “Hari Kondabolu on racial justice, free speech and – of course – Apu”

Mashable

2018

Interviewed for article, “What's with our Hollywood Chris obsession? We asked the experts.”

Generally, these are white men exalted by a Hollywood system built, and dominated still, by white men. So regardless of their talent – or how much I might love a particular film – their popularity is largely a product of the advantages they've been given due to their ability and willingness to fit into the ideals of white American masculinity.

Chicago Tribune

2018

Interviewed and mentioned in a piece titled When make believe becomes all too real, what are movie audiences to make of those scenes? 

"There’s a whole system built to maintain this way of filmmaking and that’s the thing that has to change, otherwise it’s a structure prone to abuse.”