Anushay Hossain

Hossain graduated from the University of Virginia (UVA) and completed her MA in Gender and Development at the University of Sussex.[2]

She began her career at the Feminist Majority Foundation working on their Nobel Peace Prize-nominated Campaign for Afghan Women. After completing her master's degree, Hossain spent a year at the United Nations Development Fund for Women's (UNIFEM UK) London office, before returning to Washington, DC.[3]

In 2013, Hossain left the Feminist Majority to go full-time with her writing. She primarily writes about politics, gender, and women's health in her articles[4] and her work has been published on CNN, Forbes,[5] USA Today, and Newsweek.[6]

She is also the managing director of The Daily Ittefaq, which was founded by her paternal grandfather, Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah. Anushay also writes a column for the paper.[7]

Hossain is a regular on-air guest at CNN, MSNBC, and PBS[8] and went viral debating toxic masculinity with notorious cable news anchor and personality, Tucker Carlson in 2018 on Fox News.[9] She also guest-hosted Al-Jazeera English's (AJE) show, The Stream, from 2012 to 2013.[10]

In 2020, Hossain was signed by American publishing company, Simon and Schuster.[11] Her first book for them was released in October 2021[12] and was excerpted in Vogue.[13]

Hossain is also the host of the Spilling Chai podcast which is now in its fifth season.[14]

Hossain lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband and their two young daughters.[15] Her husband, Shy Pahlevani, is a D.C.-based serial entrepreneur.[16] In 2017, Pahlevani started the food-tech platform HUNGRY — the first-ever online marketplace connecting local top chefs with businesses.[17]