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September 2013

September 12, 2013

Advice: Starting Over

Dear Love InshAllah, I was in a relationship for ten years, engaged for three and...

September 11, 2013

Poetics of Space

Alternatively titled: Selected Readings of a Southern Life. Let us start with a discussion about...

September 05, 2013

Writing for Love

When The Love, Inshallah call for submissions found its way into my email inbox, I...

August 2013

August 28, 2013

Step Baba

I was around three when my mother met him. He said I took one look...

August 26, 2013

Brown Skin Lady

Brown Skin Lady ...

August 22, 2013

Advice: Dating a woman with a past

Dear Love, InshAllah: I've met a girl I really like. We have been good friends...

August 14, 2013

You Will Know Your Name

A few weeks shy of turning forty-years old, www.patheos.com/blogs/loveinshallah editor, writer Deonna Kelli Sayed, pens...

August 01, 2013

Advice: Unrequited Love

Dear Love Inshallah, At 20 years old, I have decided that I am ready to...

July 2013

July 24, 2013

Three’s Company

I must seem like good wife material to these brothas… Second wife material that is....

July 11, 2013

Advice: In love with a Muslim man

Dear Love, InshAllah, I find myself in a hard situation with a Muslim man I...

July 10, 2013

I Shall Be Still

1. A Lesson on Repentance, Mercy, and Compassion I know a man who is a...

June 2013

June 27, 2013

Advice: Sleeping with my best friend

Dear Love, InshAllah: I've had a best friend for 4-5 years. I started developing feelings...

June 26, 2013

For the love of music

It was really cold. I was starting to get annoyed. I was on the platform...

June 20, 2013

Yes, this is about marriage

Tell us we're being picky. Tell us there is no perfect man. Tell us our...

June 06, 2013

Before the Wedding

My cell phone buzzes and when I look at the screen, it’s a text from...

June 03, 2013

Poetry Monday: Eve Rivera

chicago. i don’t care what the news says about the south and west side of...

May 2013

May 29, 2013

Me, Myself & I

Editor’s note: Writer Ihssan Tahir is coming on board as a www.patheos.com/blogs/loveinshallah monthly columnist! Look...

May 17, 2013

Friday Love: Saba Barnard

We love artist Saba Barnard's portraits, including her current project "An-Noor" a series of paintings...

May 16, 2013

Why I Don’t Compete in Love

In the past couple of years I’ve watched friends, former lovers and exes alike choose...

May 03, 2013

Friday Love: Follow Me

Check out this gorgeous project, "Follow Me," by Russian photographer Murad Osmann. Each shot is of the...

May 02, 2013

Advice: Why is sex so taboo?

Dear Love InshAllah, How do I talk to my sister about sex? She's 24 and...

April 2013

April 26, 2013

Friday Love: How Not to Pitch a Book

We love this hilarious video from author David Henry Sterry, half of the dynamic duo The...

April 25, 2013

For the Love of Honesty

I am a terrible liar. Not for lack of acting skills, but due to an...

April 19, 2013

Friday Love: Side Entrance

We love the Tumblr page Side Entrance which posts photos from mosques around the world,...

April 18, 2013

Advice: Searching for a way forward

Ed. note: This column provides a safe space for readers to ask love and relationship...

April 15, 2013

Michael Muhammad Knight on Tripping with Allah: Islam, Drugs, and Writing

Love, Inshallah is excited to debut our first podcast! www.patheos.com/blogs/loveinshallah editor Deonna Kelli Sayed recently...

April 05, 2013

Friday love: The Single Muslimah

We're loving this Tumblr page, The Single Muslimah - full of hilarious gifs and spot...

March 2013

March 14, 2013

It started with a wink

It started with a wink. My husband David and I met on Match.com when he...

March 13, 2013

Thoughts of a Wasat Girl: On Writing

Editor’s note: Writer and Love InshAllah anthology contributor Deonna Kelli Sayed is coming on board...

March 07, 2013

Advice: Not everyone has a happy ending

Dear Love InshAllah, I'm reaching out to you now because no one in my life...