New York Is Not, and Should Not Be, ‘Habibi City’
New York Is Not, and Should Not Be, ‘Habibi City’Liel Leibovitz writes about the viral essay celebrating a Middle Eastern enclave in the city: “For Habibi City to be born,” he writes, “New York City must die.” (David Fenton/Corbis via Getty Images)New York City is where people…
- ▪New York Is Not, and Should Not Be, ‘Habibi City’Liel Leibovitz writes about the viral essay celebrating a Middle Eastern enclave in the city: “For Habibi City to be born,” he writes, “New York City must die.” (David Fenton/Corbis via Getty
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| Original publisher | The Free Press |
| Canonical URL | https://www.thefp.com/p/new-york-habibi-city |
| Publication time | Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:43:18 GMT |
| Retrieval time | 2026-08-11T22:48:39.555Z |
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New York Is Not, and Should Not Be, ‘Habibi City’Liel Leibovitz writes about the viral essay celebrating a Middle Eastern enclave in the city: “For Habibi City to be born,” he writes, “New York City must die.” (David Fenton/Corbis via Getty Images)New York City is where people from all over the world come to become Americans. A recent viral ‘New York’ magazine essay about Middle Eastern immigrants gets that exactly backward.By Liel Leibovitz08.11.26 — New YorkNo description available.FOLLOW TOPIC --:----:--Upgrade to ListenProduced by ElevenLabs using AI narration329READ IN APPREAD IN APPI immigrated to the United States from the Middle East for the one and only reason anyone should ever come to America: Because I believe it, firmly and passionately, to be the greatest nation ever endowed…
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