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February 2015

February 12, 2015

The Day I (Almost) Became a Woman

I was ten-years-old. The air was sticky and heavy, the kind of heat that makes...

February 04, 2015

A Mosque of One’s Own

It wasn’t the first time I had heard a woman give the azaan. In our Ramadan...

January 2015

January 15, 2015

No Apologies Necessary

It was my first time meeting a new friend’s spouse. We’d just finished dinner at...

January 08, 2015

Brown Girl Dreaming

I remember being three, face deep in a mango, my mosquito legs poking out from...

January 07, 2015

My Absurdly Attractive Doctor & Other Misadventures in Love

I’ve never been one to get along with conventionally attractive people – probably a residual...

January 01, 2015

And In The Morning, I’m Making Pancakes!

It's a rare experience in our adult lives for us to think, "Oh, I've never...

December 2014

December 11, 2014

The View From Here

In seventeen years of marriage, my husband and I have lived in one foreign country...

December 10, 2014

If God gives me the privilege of giving birth to a daughter

Eds. Note: We are pleased to welcome our newest columnist, Key Ballah! Catch her column...

December 04, 2014

No Utensils Required

Amman, Jordan – 1998 I joined my family in the dining room, noticing immediately...

December 03, 2014

Love in Protest

As my car crested the hill, I could see the skyline of downtown Los Angeles...

November 2014

November 20, 2014

Nijla Mu’min: Film, Identity, and ‘Noor’

Nijla Mu’min’s Film in Progress Noor: Bringing Multidimensional Characters into the Light Interview by Kameelah Janan...

November 13, 2014

A New Story to Tell

During my last year of college and my first year of marriage, my husband, Hadi,...

November 06, 2014

Go Be You

I’ve been thinking about fate, lately. About what’s ‘meant’ to happen, what does happen, and...

November 04, 2014

Vote Your Love

“You know, you can talk to me in Bangla if it makes you more comfortable,”...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

Love Comes Later

We had been married just over 24 hours and had just finished dhuhr prayer when...

October 22, 2014

From America to Kenya: Love in Every Last Bite

I’m a foodie. I’ll admit it. I shamelessly look up pictures and videos of food...

October 08, 2014

The Single Girl’s Survival Guide for Desi Weddings

It was exactly five years to the day since the wedding I wrote about...

October 07, 2014

Bridging the Gap

My grandmother's name is Raj Kumari, which means “princess” in English. She has always been in my...

September 2014

September 20, 2014

Watch: Enemy of the Reich

Watch the PBS documentary on Noor Inayat Khan - Indian, Muslim, author, musician & WWII...

September 19, 2014

Sexual Assault in the Muslim Community – Documentary

'Breaking Silence' is the first documentary highlighting American Muslim women’s experiences with sexual assault. Support this...

September 19, 2014

If brown parents gave the sex talk

What was it like in your household? "You want to kill us? No? Then don't...

September 09, 2014

Memoirs of the Beautiful Widow

And just like that, I remember it all. At the age of 25, after 6.5...

September 02, 2014

Unmosqued

Poetry as dhikr. - Warsan Shire This past Ramadan I threw myself head over heels...