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July 2014

July 01, 2014

#RamadanReads – A Book Buying Revolution

When novelist & #WeNeedDiverseBooks co-founder Aisha Saeed walked into her local Barnes & Noble ten...

June 2014

June 27, 2014

Coming Out in the Muslim Community

To mark the end of Pride Month and the beginning of Ramadan, Salaam, Love contributor...

June 25, 2014

To the Father Who Tried

He came here full of hope. It was 1981 and he was a twenty four...

June 24, 2014

My Ramadan Kryptonite: Kheer

Food, Love & Memories is a bimonthly column devoted to the evocative connections between the heart,...

June 19, 2014

Press PAUSE

Sometimes it’s hard to make sense of everything around you, until it all stops. That’s...

June 16, 2014

Shrinking Women

As a grown woman with a strong voice, I'm still working on standing tall and...

June 14, 2014

Celebrate #MuslimLove for Father’s Day!

www.patheos.com/blogs/loveinshallah & Rad Brown Dads celebrate #DadsofColor, father figures & #MuslimLove for Father's Day in this...

June 13, 2014

Marrying Muslim Men

How are Muslim men approaching marriage in our times? How do women feel about their...

June 12, 2014

A Letter to My Muslim Son About Love

Don't look for it. It will find you. And if it doesn't, your aunties on...

June 10, 2014

The Myth of a Shared Life

I had the moment my future husband would see me in my wedding dress all...

June 04, 2014

Grandmother’s Hands

Food, Love & Memories is a bimonthly column devoted to the evocative connections between the heart,...

June 03, 2014

Maghrib Memories

Three years just doesn’t have the same ring to it as one month, or one...

May 2014

May 30, 2014

Summer Reading: Salaam, Love!

Summer is here! It's time to dive head first into your summer reading list, and...

May 29, 2014

There is No Me, There is Only You

I’m going back to work. Which seems like a ridiculous thing to say because I’m...

May 28, 2014

ER Love Stories

As a nurse, I get personal with people real fast. At times, I can be...

May 27, 2014

The Healing Power of Chicken Curry

Today is the second Food, Love & Memories post, a bimonthly column devoted to the evocative connections...

May 26, 2014

Good luck to our aspiring American Ninja Warrior, Sam Pierstorff!

Salaam, Love contributor Sam Pierstorff is competing in America's favorite obstacle course competition series, "American...

May 23, 2014

Fashion Fighting Famine

Anaheim: Love InshAllah & Salaam Love editor Ayesha Mattu will be speaking on the #ChallengeBeauty...

May 21, 2014

The Last Stop

The things you learn when writing your first novel: Novel-writing is a lonely process. Your...

May 20, 2014

The Most Epic Blanket Fort and the Nerdy Love Story That Made It So

This fall, Nhu-An and I are getting married. We've been together since November 18, 2000,...

May 19, 2014

El Hajj Malik El Shabazz/Malcolm X

Today would have been El Hajj Malik El Shabazz/Malcolm X's 89th birthday, may he be blessed with...

May 14, 2014

Joy(less) Motherhood

The text arrived while I sat at a coffee shop bent over a lazy notebook...

May 13, 2014

Equal in the Eyes of Marriage

I was a novelty to Ashley. I'd never travelled or lived alone. I'd never been...

May 09, 2014

2014 Retreat for LGBTQ Muslims & their Partners ~ May 2014

Cross-posting this in solidarity with our friends at The Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender...

May 08, 2014

Soulmates

The Prophet (pbuh) said: “Souls are like crowds, which gather together. The ones who met...

May 07, 2014

Not Your Mother’s Sunday Brunch

Eds. Note: In honor of Mother's Day, today is the debut of Food, Love &...

May 06, 2014

The Back Up Baby Daddy & My Geriatric Uterus

The little ghost pops up on my phone and I push the button to see...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

Serial Husbands

Recently, one of my friends informed me that her ex-husband was getting remarried. My first...

April 23, 2014

My Father and My Religion

I was on a conference call one evening last week when my call waiting beeped...

April 22, 2014

Child of Loss

I have written a lot recently on my experience with caregiving and death both at...