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Deonna Kelli Sayed

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February 2015

February 11, 2015

Chasing Joy

I came across an essay called, “Joy,” from writer Zadie Smith. This was a timely...

January 2015

January 22, 2015

Rebels by Accident

Deonna Kelli Sayed interviews writer Patricia Dunn, author of the YA novel, Rebels by Accident,...

January 14, 2015

Weighty Ghosts

Back when people called me Her Excellency, I routinely attended gatherings at the home of...

October 2014

October 30, 2014

An Accidental Jihad

Writer Krista Bremer met Ismail fifteen years ago on a North Carolina running trail. A...

October 15, 2014

Things To Take Into Account

I became Muslim in my early 20s. During those early years, I would entertain myself on...

September 2014

September 11, 2014

Stinky Muslim Money

This is a fictional interview with a real Muslim about an incident that actually happened....

August 2014

August 13, 2014

Jump, Pray, Write

Two and a half years ago, I left my financially comfortable global marriage for an...

June 2014

June 11, 2014

A Map of Home

1. Lately, I think in the shape of maps. Cartography is a relevant metaphor as...

May 2014

May 14, 2014

Joy(less) Motherhood

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

April 2014

April 09, 2014

Crying and Reclamation

I am not always strong. There are times that I experience steep slopes of sadness....

March 2014

March 12, 2014

The Ides of March

The Ides of March --(or how girl can write her way to a new life)...

February 2014

February 12, 2014

Love (Again)

Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be critical about love; for in the...

January 2014

January 15, 2014

Renovations

Listen to Deonna's cinematic radio reading of this piece. [soundcloud url="" params="color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true"...

December 2013

December 11, 2013

Love, Whiteness, and Girls in Turbans

Lots of things have been going down at www.patheos.com/blogs/loveinshallah and within the Muslim blogosphere. The...

November 2013

November 13, 2013

Ghosts, Magic and Love

I left my twelve-year marriage two years ago this week. The decision was a long...

October 2013

October 09, 2013

On Writing and Bike Riding

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

September 2013

September 11, 2013

Poetics of Space

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

August 2013

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...

July 2013

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 12, 2013

Wasat Girl: The Fat Side of Life

A “Wasat Girl” embraces being in-between multiple cultures, because this transcultured space is globalism living out...

May 2013

May 08, 2013

Single (American-Muslim) Mother

A “Wasat Girl” embraces being in-between multiple cultures, because this transcultured space is globalism living...

April 2013

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...

August 2012

August 29, 2012

One Year Shy of Forty: The Perils of Starting Over

Next week, I will be one year shy of forty years old. I don’t feel...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

Spotlight: Deonna Kelli Sayed, writer, ghost hunter, and Love InshAllah contributor!

Deonna Kelli Sayed lived in Bahrain for several years where she conducted creative writing workshops,...