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March 2014

March 14, 2014

How Art and Music Create New Hybrid Culture

North African-Dutch musician and creative artist, Rajae El Mouhandiz, gave a stunning TEdxBreda talk a...

March 13, 2014

The Life and Death of a First Love

First love can be a bittersweet and intense experience, especially if it is unrequited. It...

March 06, 2014

On Human Kindness and Thomas Keller’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

For an hour in the morning and another in the evening, I have the distinct...

March 05, 2014

On insurance companies, hollering toddlers, and reclaiming a Monday morning

My son loves running around in circles. I mean that literally. He’ll grab a favorite...

March 04, 2014

Love after death

I often wonder about love after death. After the bodies are buried, janazas are done, and...

February 2014

February 27, 2014

Love Between The Lines

“‘I love you’ scares me,” he admitted, looking nervous. “I’m not sure I know what...

February 13, 2014

The Other Side of the Coin

They tell you that to just focus on yourself. The instructions are to become a...

February 12, 2014

Love (Again)

Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be critical about love; for in the...

February 06, 2014

Interfaith Marriage on a String

“All is change with time / the future none can see / the road you...

February 05, 2014

Motherhood, Writing, and the Necessity of Vulnerability

Before I became a parent when mothers shared stories about their children’s first day of...

February 04, 2014

Love Is A Radical Tool

It was last summer, and I was sitting on a panel, with Asian American leaders...

February 03, 2014

The sacrilegious love affair I couldn’t resist

Salon excerpted one of the most controversial stories from Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on...

February 02, 2014

NPR: American Muslim Men Balance Faith And Love In ‘Salaam’

Tune into Salaam, Love contributor Haroon Moghul's great interview with NPR Weekend Edition today. You can...

January 2014

January 28, 2014

When the loss is forever

I haven’t written much about the transition of my son J to our new life...

January 24, 2014

Featured Artist: Katie Miranda

Looking for the perfect Valentine's Day gift for loved ones? Check out our creative partnership...

January 16, 2014

Muslim VDay Cards!

Looking for the perfect Valentine's Day gift for loved ones? We're thrilled to announce a creative...

January 16, 2014

Featured Artist: Nadia Janjua

Looking for the perfect Valentine's Day gift for loved ones? We're thrilled to announce a...

January 13, 2014

The Island: A Memoir

She has another dream. In this one, she can see the tarmac from the small...

January 09, 2014

Eighteen Dates in Ninety Minutes

On a cold New York night in a dimly lit dive in the Lower East...

January 08, 2014

On the importance of embracing silence

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

January 03, 2014

A Jewish Comic And A Muslim Researcher Walk Into A Party…

This is a story about a pair of unlikely partners. One, Dalia Mogahed, is a Muslim policy...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

Remembering Dhadhi

Eds. Note: This beautiful piece is being posted in honor of the author's grandmother's first...

December 19, 2013

On The Alleged Flaw That Is My Independence

On a recent flight out to San Francisco, I comfortably nestled into my emergency row...

December 18, 2013

Salaam and Merry Christmas!

I was raised in a conservative Muslim household. We prayed five times a day and...

December 12, 2013

Finding love without a chase

As a teenager, I was never confident about my body. I was darker-skinned than was...

December 09, 2013

#Mipsterz

The "Mipsterz" video has been making waves in the American Muslim community. What are...

December 06, 2013

Potential

In a vibrant new video, journalist Nushmia Khan examines the hands of the Pakistanis she...

December 05, 2013

Coming Out As A Geek Is Hard To Do

We've crossed the one-year anniversary of my blog, Brain Knows Better, and it's pretty incredible...

December 04, 2013

On writing, identity and creating art

You’ve got to meet my brother, my friend Mina tells me as we...

December 03, 2013

Mystical Manifestations

I'd forgotten that the psychic said he was going to come to me in the...