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August 2013

August 20, 2013

Corona — Not the Beer — But the Place in Queens

Love, InshAllah is proud to feature occasional author interview podcasts. This episode features Deonna Kelli...

July 2013

July 17, 2013

Where Love Leads Us

I met my husband when I had already given up on love. Our first date...

April 2013

April 12, 2013

Friday Love: Deluge

Congratulations to American Muslim filmmaker and writer Nijla Mu'min on her new film Deluge! Check...

April 03, 2013

Literary Mama: Other Mothers

Ed note: Introducing our second monthly columnist, Aisha Saeed: mama, writer, lawyer and contributor to...

March 2013

March 04, 2013

Poetry Monday: Tanzila Ahmed

Bhohlo You make me yearn for my mother tongue. My brown fingers intertwine yours as...

February 2013

February 20, 2013

On Silence

It's 6 o'clock in the morning and though the house is still and dark, I...

February 06, 2013

How to say goodbye to your mother

What do you tell her? If you have five years to say good-bye or no...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

Description: Single Female/Superpower: Writing

If you are a single woman who seriously writes, this can be a serious issue....

November 2012

November 09, 2012

Loving after loss (Part 2)

I woke from deep slumber with the gray lights of dawn peeking in. I had...

October 2012

October 24, 2012

The Moment I Realized That I Was Good

Let me detail my faults before I showcase my better parts. I am not a...

October 03, 2012

Delusions of Grandeur

Our wonderful contributor Huda Al-Marashi pens this hilarious piece for The Rumpus in which...

August 2012

August 29, 2012

One Year Shy of Forty: The Perils of Starting Over

Next week, I will be one year shy of forty years old. I don’t feel...

August 22, 2012

Yes, I am.

Many of our readers have told us that they were incredibly touched by the story...

August 15, 2012

When you’re up between the new skyline, the city lights and the warm sunshine

As Jane Eyre says, Reader, I married him. Or should I say, I married them?...

August 01, 2012

How Muslim are you?

Are you Muslim? …How Muslim are you? …No but, really…how Muslim are you? I get asked these questions,...

July 2012

July 27, 2012

Friday Love: Patricia Dunn!

Why do love author & Love InshAllah contributor Patricia Dunn? Let us count the ways - Pat is an...

July 23, 2012

Ayesha and Zahra in Writerland

Meghan Ward Love InshAllah editor Ayesha Mattu and contributor Zahra Noorbakhsh had a wonderful conversation...

July 09, 2012

Watch Love Live!

Did you miss a reading of Love, InshAllah when we came to your hometown? Don't...

July 04, 2012

I did not smile on my wedding day

Editors' Note: Happy 10th anniversary, Aisha & Kashif! Unlike most girls, I never daydreamed about...

June 2012

June 06, 2012

Searching for love after heartbreak

Editor's Note: Leila's story 'Rerouting' ends with heartbreak when her Italian fiancé leaves her just...

May 2012

May 24, 2012

Smelling Roses

Tonight the rains flooded the parkway, turning my twenty-five minute commute into an hour and...

May 15, 2012

My personal jihad

When I think of my father sometimes I think of hot links- the halal ones...

May 09, 2012

It is our time

"It's our time." She says, and I nod. I'm in Brooklyn, chatting with a Muslim...

May 08, 2012

Properly in love

“How many times have you been properly in love?” It’s a question that Piers Morgan,...

May 03, 2012

Hijab and Havaianas

I am someone who defies convention. I converted to Islam shortly after 9 But that...

May 01, 2012

Mama’s girl

When I did something wrong, I wasn’t grounded or sent to my room. My mother...

April 2012

April 12, 2012

I found love online – what will my daughter find?

It has been 18 years since I met my husband online. Now my 13-year-old daughter...

April 10, 2012

Loving after loss

My mother died the same day I submitted the final version of my story "Punk-Drunk...

April 05, 2012

Top 3 things you need to make a marriage work (Surprise: Love isn’t one of them!)

Being a part of this book has, in ways, affirmed and strengthened my connection with...

March 2012

March 28, 2012

Raising our voices

Love InshAllah on Al-Hurra TV! The global press continues to be intrigued by Muslim women...