Currently, Marianne Dhenin is a contributing writer at Truthout and an assistant editor at the Urban History Association’s blog, The Metropole. Their award-winning writing has also appeared in The New Republic, Teen Vogue, High Country News, Atmos Magazine, Life & Thyme, and other publications. From 2023 until the magazine shuttered in 2025, Marianne was a contributing writer at Yes! Magazine. They were a content writer for the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s SavingPlaces.org from 2023 to 2026.
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Awards
The Gulf World that Air Conditioning Wrought, published by Noema Magazine, was awarded the 2026 Southern California Journalism Award for Best Criticism of Visual Arts, Design, or Architecture and was runner-up for the 2026 Southern California Journalism Award for Best Online Feature on Visual Arts, Design, or Architecture.
The Rise and Fall of a North African Wine Giant, published by Wine Enthusiast, was selected as a finalist for the 2023 International Association of Culinary Professionals Food Writing Award for Best Narrative Beverage Writing
Palestine and the West Bank Agricultural Struggle, published by Life & Thyme, was awarded the 2021 International Association of Culinary Professionals Food Writing Award for Best Narrative Food Writing and was nominated for a 2022 James Beard Foundation Media Award for Best Investigative Reporting.
Selected Clips
Antisocial Studies, The Baffler, 2026
The Gulf World That Air Conditioning Wrought, Noema Magazine, 2025
Escalating Anti-Homeless Policies Fall Hardest on Disabled People in the US, Truthout, 2025
Health Care Workers Spoke Out for Their Peers in Gaza. Then Came Backlash, Truthout, 2025
The War Profiteers Who Are Quashing Gaza Dissent on Campus, The New Republic, 2024
Palestine’s Jordan River Drained of Water and Livelihood, Atmos, 2024
GOP Is Targeting Disabled Alabamians With Voting Restrictions, Truthout, 2024
School Shooter Drills Ignore Disabled Students and Staff, Teen Vogue, 2023
How Disabled People Are Left Behind in Climate Disasters, The New Republic, 2023
Transforming Post-Revolution Cairo, New Lines Magazine, 2021
Palestine and the West Bank Agricultural Struggle, Life & Thyme, 2020