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October 2013

October 30, 2013

My Grandmother, Mrs. Neil

My grandmother didn't have to see the world. My mother placed it at her feet...

October 29, 2013

Artist Spotlight: Zainab Zeb

For artists, from an artist. For women, from a woman. Art has the power to...

October 28, 2013

Faith

Faith you taught me to pray, the words and offering to the Divine: a God...

October 25, 2013

To all the girls whose thighs touch

‎To all the girls whose thighs touch, with stretchmarks laid like gold across their backside,...

October 24, 2013

Advice: In Love With a Polytheist

Dear Love Inshallah, I have been dating a man for a few years now and...

October 22, 2013

Hipster Muslim, Slouching toward Mecca & other fabulousness

Some phenomenal recent reads: Author, www.patheos.com/blogs/loveinshallah editor, and anthology contributor Deonna Kelli in Slouching toward...

October 21, 2013

The Poetry of Life

Love is the poetry of life Gratitude its prose Kindness the sentences In patience composed...

October 18, 2013

Eaten By the Heart

Watch this fascinating video by Zina Saro-Wiwa as she explores African cultural ideas around public...

October 16, 2013

Finding Love in Cape Town

My roommate and I sat side by side on our couch, hunched over our respective...

October 11, 2013

Fatherhood is…

Photographer Sabrina Thompson's "Social Series: Fatherhood is..." project promotes positive images of black fathers. The...

October 10, 2013

Fervently Fantastic

Our parents named us after Islamic figures in hopes that we would grow up to...

October 09, 2013

On Writing and Bike Riding

I started bicycle riding a few months ago after a twenty-five year lull. A fellow...

October 06, 2013

“Get married or die fasting”

Author and academic Haroon Moghul - a contributor to our forthcoming book Salaam, Love: American Muslim...

October 03, 2013

Advice: Nervous About Sex

Salam Love InshAllah, I will be getting married next month and I will move from...

October 02, 2013

Five Reasons Why You Need To Follow The Dream Of Writing Now. With GIFs

Many of us love to write and aspire to cultivate our thoughts through the written...

September 2013

September 28, 2013

Literary Pick: Alif the Unseen

If you haven't read American Muslim author G. Willow Wilson's extraordinary debut novel & New York...

September 20, 2013

Gratitude

We just received word that the Love InshAllah blog has been nominated for Best Blog,...

September 10, 2013

Embracing life after a suicide attempt

From the moment I was admitted to my first psychiatric ward, I was desperate to...

September 08, 2013

Beautiful

September 06, 2013

Recite, in the name of thy Lord

Bless the lips of women who recite the word of their Lord, and bless the...

September 04, 2013

Something Borrowed, Something Hot Pink

The first Muslim wedding I attended was my own. When I was twenty-seven and working...

August 2013

August 20, 2013

Corona — Not the Beer — But the Place in Queens

Love, InshAllah is proud to feature occasional author interview podcasts. This episode features Deonna Kelli...

August 09, 2013

Friday Love: Happy Book Lover’s Day!

Jumma mubarak & Happy Book Lover's Day!

August 08, 2013

Eid Mubarak!

Eid mubarak from the Love InshAllah family to you & yours!

August 07, 2013

On the humbling nature of parenthood

I had always envisioned myself as a certain kind of parent. At five I imagined...

July 2013

July 18, 2013

[FATHER/HOOD] Inconvenient Truth

I think I scared my daughter. Hell, I think I terrified her. When I heard the...

July 16, 2013

Someday, inshAllah

InshAllah someday, someone will walk into your life and make you realize why it never...

July 15, 2013

1979: A Love Story Began

Ashoke Ganguli: There is something I always wanted to ask you, but never had the...

July 09, 2013

Ramadan Kareem!

Wishing you & yours a Ramadan filled with the blessings of love, tranquility & beauty!

July 05, 2013

Friday Love: Raise your words

Because love is like rain: from it, things grow. Have a wonderful weekend!