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2014-11-19T15:59:53-07:00

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(Potential) Adventures in Wonderland

Last updated on: November 19, 2014 at 3:59 pm By Love InshAllah Columnist

Every now and then, we come to a stage in our lives where everything is a fork in the road. It’s upheaval in our careers, in our families, and in our love lives, all at once, in that precarious position suspended in the air right before the pieces fall into place. The suspension, the intake of breath, the moment right before you follow a white rabbit down a rabbit hole or choose to drink a potion that says “Drink Me”... Read more

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2014-11-14T11:59:10-07:00

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A New Story to Tell

Last updated on: November 14, 2014 at 11:59 am By Love InshAllah Columnist

During my last year of college and my first year of marriage, my husband, Hadi, did most of our housework. He bought our groceries, made our dinners, and did our laundry. I expected this: my father assumed similar tasks whenever my mother was working toward another degree. There was a subversive element to this that I appreciated. Both my husband and my father defied the stereotype of the patriarchal Muslim man; both my mother and I were far from being... Read more

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Things I Wish I'd Known

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2014-11-13T09:01:14-07:00

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Go Be You

Last updated on: November 13, 2014 at 9:01 am By Guest Contributor

I’ve been thinking about fate, lately. About what’s ‘meant’ to happen, what does happen, and what our role is in all of that. This past week, I helped a friend get through a really bad break up. I also went to a fantastic event. And it all just made me think. In business, the first few years, you have to hustle. Nothing falls into your lap. If you want it, you’re going to have to go after it, it’s not... Read more

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2014-11-13T09:02:01-07:00

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Vote Your Love

Last updated on: November 13, 2014 at 9:02 am By Love InshAllah Columnist

“You know, you can talk to me in Bangla if it makes you more comfortable,” I said quietly. I could sense my passenger was struggling, words stumbling from his tongue. “Oh that’s right,” he responded, slightly surprised. “I’ve been in the US a year, and I never can find people to speak in Bangla with.” “I don’t speak it bhalou, but I can understand it ikhthu ikhthu,” I jokingly said in Banglish. It was an unusually warm early October night... Read more

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AAPI

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2014-11-03T11:13:26-07:00

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An Accidental Jihad

Last updated on: November 3, 2014 at 11:13 am By Posted by The Editors

Writer Krista Bremer met Ismail fifteen years ago on a North Carolina running trail. A romantic relationship developed through an unexpected pregnancy, eventual marriage, and subsequent spiritual growth. Krista’s recent memoir, My Accidental Jihad, details her jump into the deep space of marriage and an unexpected faith journey. Deonna Kelli Sayed speaks with Krista and Ismail — “Ish” for short — about the bicultural nature of all marriages, Krista’s writing process, and her evolving spiritual journey. (more…) Read more

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2014-11-03T11:13:26-07:00

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Love Comes Later

Last updated on: November 3, 2014 at 11:13 am By Posted by The Editors

We had been married just over 24 hours and had just finished dhuhr prayer when a friend of the family, my mother-in-law’s dearest friend, kneeled in front of us and grasped our hands in hers, with a look of tenderness and concern. “Now I need to tell y’all something. This right here, right now? You think this is the love but I have to tell you, this isn’t the love.” We looked at each other, eyebrows raised, knowing smiles on... Read more

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2014-11-03T11:13:26-07:00

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From America to Kenya: Love in Every Last Bite

Last updated on: November 3, 2014 at 11:13 am By Posted by The Editors

I’m a foodie. I’ll admit it. I shamelessly look up pictures and videos of food on websites like Tastespotting and Instagram. It’s even more thrilling to do it while I’m fasting. I grew up in a small city in Michigan. Food played an important role in bringing together my mixed family. As a child of an immigrant father from Pakistan and an Irish-Slavanian American mother, my parents imbued me with a passion for food. I remember picnics as a child on... Read more

Food, Love, & Memories

2014-11-03T11:13:27-07:00

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Tomorrow’s Joy

Last updated on: November 3, 2014 at 11:13 am By Posted by The Editors

The division of labor in our household is wildly disproportionate whenever we are trying to get out the door. I get everything and everyone ready. If we’re traveling, I pack. Picnics, I pack. Dinner invitations, I pick out everyone’s clothes and prepare a dish to share. Birthday parties, I buy the gift and wrap it. And, maybe I’ll throw in a load of laundry, take out the trash, and clean the kitchen. My husband, Hadi, has his list, too: He... Read more

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2014-11-03T11:13:27-07:00

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Things To Take Into Account

Last updated on: November 3, 2014 at 11:13 am By Posted by The Editors

I became Muslim in my early 20s. During those early years, I would entertain myself on nights when I couldn’t fall asleep by conjuring a story where a mythical creature occupied the rural family cemetery beside my childhood home. This idea actually started with something I dreamt involving an early explorer to America who had lost his way. Somehow, in his travels through out the New World, he slipped through a portal that would later become a traditional grave house over the... Read more

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The Moor's Account

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2014-11-03T11:13:27-07:00

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The Single Girl’s Survival Guide for Desi Weddings

Last updated on: November 3, 2014 at 11:13 am By Posted by The Editors

It was exactly five years to the day since the wedding I wrote about in my story for the Love, Inshallah anthology, “Punk Drunk Love.” Here I was again for another Desi wedding in the same suburban Indian restaurant. Heck, I’m pretty sure I was even sitting at the very same table. The couple was different and I was wearing a different sari, but the celebration of love was the same. It was impossible not to think of him –... Read more

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