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March 2015

March 11, 2015

Daughters Need Their Fathers Too

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

August 2014

August 13, 2014

Jump, Pray, Write

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

April 2014

April 28, 2014

Give Muhammad a Chance

At 21 I married a man five years older than me. The second time around,...

March 2014

March 13, 2014

The Life and Death of a First Love

First love can be a bittersweet and intense experience, especially if it is unrequited. It...

March 12, 2014

The Ides of March

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

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 14, 2013

Divorced Ramblings

I am twenty-two-years old. I am a rebellious daughter, a fierce writer, a determined feminist,...

November 13, 2013

Ghosts, Magic and Love

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

September 2013

September 12, 2013

Advice: Starting Over

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

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...

January 2013

January 24, 2013

Advice: Cheated on by a pious Muslim man

Dear Love InshAllah: My husband is cheating on me. I found out because he wasn’t...

December 2012

December 20, 2012

Loss. Love. Forgiveness. Love. In that order.

Hayah in Cape Town, 2009 July 3, 2009 - the day that I finally got...

November 2012

November 28, 2012

Loving via Skype

After my second divorce, I took a break from relationships to decide what I wanted...

October 2012

October 24, 2012

The Moment I Realized That I Was Good

Let me detail my faults before I showcase my better parts. I am not a...

September 2012

September 13, 2012

Leaving an abusive marriage

Over the past 2 weeks, I’ve had a few conversations with folks who, upon hearing...

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...

August 09, 2012

Finding my spirituality

I didn’t mean to misplace my spirituality. I just lost it while searching for my...