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March 2013

March 06, 2013

Baby, you’re a big girl now

Dear Emi, In a couple weeks’ time, I will be ironing a navy blue pinafore...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

Dying before Death

I hate writing about death. It brings up unpleasant family memories. Mother died at the...

February 27, 2013

Why am I not married?

Last year, I was invited to an interfaith banquet to be recognized for my efforts...

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 31, 2013

Hey Autism, Verily with Difficulty There is Ease

Spring break on the beach: Are we a couple of free-wheeling college students on Daytona...

January 30, 2013

Description: Single Female/Superpower: Writing

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

January 23, 2013

Couchsurfing to Love

Ed. note: The author of today's post won our Eid contest, "tweet us your love...

January 17, 2013

A Filmi Love Story

As I write this, my husband and I are hanging out over web cam in...

January 16, 2013

The Five Pillars of My Relationship

I'm a community organizer addressing men’s violence against women within the South Asian immigrant community....

January 15, 2013

Call for Stories: Muslim Men on Love, Sex & Intimacy

CALL FOR STORIES: Muslim Men on Love, Sex & Intimacy You heard from the ladies...

January 03, 2013

Man of the House

I’ve had many humbling experiences in my life, including voluntarily going homeless for one week...

January 02, 2013

Old World Lessons on Love

Born in the 1970s at the tail-end of the women’s lib movement, I was a...

December 2012

December 20, 2012

Loss. Love. Forgiveness. Love. In that order.

Hayah in Cape Town, 2009 July 3, 2009 - the day that I finally got...

December 19, 2012

That Bollywood Moment

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai “I hear he walks around high school with his shirt unbuttoned,...

December 13, 2012

How to get married in a month: Or, how I stopped worrying and loved Sarah Kureshi

For all those wondering about the “story” behind my “sudden” marriage to Sarah Kureshi, here’s...

December 12, 2012

From bizarre to bliss – my year on a Muslim matrimonial site

Two days had gone by since he had called. Well, two days and nine hours,...

December 06, 2012

The Greater Truth

(Ed. note: Today's guest post is by editor Ayesha Mattu's husband) Honesty is the best...

December 05, 2012

For Earl

Earl is no ordinary man. I know, I know; any declaration of love can begin...

November 2012

November 29, 2012

No se niega, I am my mother’s daughter

I’ve been so afraid of being like her, terrified really, that I’ve tried to ignore,...

November 28, 2012

Loving via Skype

After my second divorce, I took a break from relationships to decide what I wanted...

November 27, 2012

Paris Hilton in Mecca

For years now, people have been complaining about how the Saudi government is ruining Mecca...

November 22, 2012

Science Fiction and The Search for Gratitude on Thanksgiving

Eds. note: "Piglet noticed that even though he had a very small heart, it could...

November 15, 2012

Growing up Trekkie – How Star Trek Made Me Fall in Love with Psychology

I have a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and spend most of my days working in...

November 14, 2012

What The Heart Wants

As a child, I was told that a good Afghan girl does not do anything...

November 13, 2012

Prayers for Roxy

We don't know Roxy personally, but we believe in the power of thought, prayer, and...

November 08, 2012

The Faith that Faith Produced

I was washing dishes in the kitchen when I stopped believing in God. Years later,...

November 07, 2012

Small beauties

I read a book to my children, called "Small Beauties," and started tearing up right...

November 01, 2012

Dating in Iran

My first long-term relationship was with an Iranian woman I met shortly after arriving for...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

Unexpected prayer

“Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, "You owe me."...

October 25, 2012

Learning womanhood

It wasn’t until I had sex that I truly saw myself as a woman. Gender...