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May 2015

May 28, 2015

My Iranian Breakup

When I was invited to speak at a conference in Iran, I was asked...

May 27, 2015

Who Mothers the Mother?

Because we are free women. born of free women, who are born of free women,...

May 26, 2015

Love Letter to Single Sisters

Dear Single Sisters, Lately, I’ve run into a lot of fabulous, beautiful single women who...

May 22, 2015

Hip-Hop Hijabis: Spitting Rhymes About Being Muslim And Female

Muslim women's hip-hop collective confronts stereotypes & breaks up the boys' club: "We’re knowledgeable, we...

May 21, 2015

My Mother’s Minced Lamb

I finally dealt with what could have easily passed as a birds nest on my...

May 20, 2015

Girl Bachelor

“I never shall be an old maid, because I have elected to be a Girl...

May 19, 2015

Love, Sex & Dating After Converting to Islam

Ed. Note: Please welcome our newest writer Luca, whose column "Halal Since 22" will be...

May 14, 2015

Silent Dhikr

1. My name is too long to fit into the tiny space of your mouth....

May 13, 2015

Squishes and a Journey of Learning and Unlearning

Until a few years ago, I believed that I’d had exactly one crush in my...

May 08, 2015

I Want ‘More’

Love, Inshallah welcomes back guest columnist Dilshad Ali for Mother's Day. You ever have those...

May 07, 2015

Dater in Training

Dating is like a blank page. One that, as a writer, I have to...

May 06, 2015

Guava Jam: Taste of my mother, taste of home

This month's Radical Love column is a video essay recorded live at Common Grounds in...

April 2015

April 30, 2015

Written in the Stars

Did you know that Love InshAllah and Muslimah Montage host a Twitter book club every...

April 29, 2015

That Old Black Magic

My first New Orleans story is about death. “N’awlins is below sea level,” my taxi...

April 23, 2015

Oh, How We Danced!

Eds. Note: Hayah shared part one of her story - "Love. Loss. Forgiveness. Love." - about finding...

April 22, 2015

Into the Deep

A friend once told me when I was going through a tough time that nothing...

April 16, 2015

Just Say Yes + {Recipe}

Now that I’ve managed to sit through my very first scary movie without wetting myself,...

April 09, 2015

My body is not an invitation

He said my name like a ghost. A whisper from behind. A quiet wind hot...

April 08, 2015

The Weight of Other People’s Expectations

Eds. Note: Please welcome our newest writer Laura P.! Look for her column Integrity of...

April 02, 2015

Forgive me Allah for I have sinned

Please welcome writer Eren Cervantes-Altamirano whose column Flirting with Fate and other Disasters of an...

April 01, 2015

Is my ex an FBI informant?

He was undoubtedly attractive – tall, lean and muscular, caramel colored skin, full lips, high...

March 2015

March 26, 2015

Integrity of Heart, Peace of Soul: Finding My Path as an Asexual Muslim

I’m not able to be a “good Muslim wife”. In fact, I’m not able to...

March 25, 2015

Mothering in the Shadows

Editor's Note: Please welcome our newest writer Ambata Kazi-Nance whose monthly column Not Without Love...

March 18, 2015

Fairytale Beginnings

Tiny Love Story "And what do you do?" so many have asked. "I tell stories,"...

March 12, 2015

A Hate Crime Against the Universe

It was a rainy and cold night in Los Angeles. The rarity of the rain...

March 11, 2015

Daughters Need Their Fathers Too

It was a Friday evening, that magical time for children and adults. Briefcases were put...

March 04, 2015

Step One

I am the kind of woman who looks at love from every angle. Who writes...

February 2015

February 26, 2015

Where the hell is my chivalry?

Eds. Note: Please welcome comedian, playwright and Love InshAllah anthology contributor Zahra Noorbakhsh! You can...

February 25, 2015

Speaking My Language

“Turn me into droplets of rain so I sprinkle upon your pretty face,  Then coat...

February 19, 2015

Engagement Party Vanilla Cupcakes + Big News + My Love Life

Eds. Note: Please welcome our newest columnist, London-based Nazia, who will be sharing her food column Your...