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September 2014

September 02, 2014

Unmosqued

Poetry as dhikr. - Warsan Shire This past Ramadan I threw myself head over heels...

April 2014

April 23, 2014

My Father and My Religion

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

April 09, 2014

Crying and Reclamation

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

February 2014

February 18, 2014

Burqas, Baseball, and Apple Pie

Love, Inshallah presents an author interview podcast with The Faith Club author, Ranya Tabari Idliby,...

February 08, 2014

Thank you, San Francisco!

A huge thank you to our San Francisco readers who ventured out in the rain...

January 2014

January 28, 2014

Salaam, Stephen Leeper!

Our new book, Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex & Intimacy, will be...

November 2013

November 29, 2013

Muslims in Hollywood

Novelist and screenwriter Kamran Pasha on being a Muslim in Hollywood and having the courage...

November 15, 2013

Faith, Identity & Storytelling

An excellent conversation with 2013 Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar on faith, identity & storytelling...

October 2013

October 28, 2013

Faith

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

October 06, 2013

“Get married or die fasting”

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

May 2013

May 09, 2013

Heartbreak and the birth of creativity

It has never been my nature to attract romantic love, or to stumble into it...

March 2013

March 21, 2013

Hijab: A Love Story

I wrap layers upon layers of dense black cotton around my head, reveling in the...

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...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Hey Autism, Verily with Difficulty There is Ease

Spring break on the beach: Are we a couple of free-wheeling college students on Daytona...

January 16, 2013

The Five Pillars of My Relationship

I'm a community organizer addressing men’s violence against women within the South Asian immigrant community....

January 15, 2013

Call for Stories: Muslim Men on Love, Sex & Intimacy

CALL FOR STORIES: Muslim Men on Love, Sex & Intimacy You heard from the ladies...

November 2012

November 30, 2012

Friday Love – “Alif the Unseen”

One of the most wonderful and talented women we know, American Muslim author G. Willow...

November 08, 2012

The Faith that Faith Produced

I was washing dishes in the kitchen when I stopped believing in God. Years later,...

November 07, 2012

Small beauties

I read a book to my children, called "Small Beauties," and started tearing up right...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

Unexpected prayer

“Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, "You owe me."...

October 12, 2012

Prayers for Malala Yousufzai

Pakistani activist Malala Yousufzai, speaking in 2009 aged eleven: "I don't mind if I have...

September 2012

September 28, 2012

Friday love: Balpreet Kaur

Our love to the fabulous, powerful, and beautiful Balpreet Kaur, a Sikh-American woman who responded...

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 24, 2012

Friday love: A community in Ramadan, a family for Eid

This past week saw the end of the holy month of Ramadan and the Eid-al-Fitr...

August 22, 2012

Yes, I am.

Many of our readers have told us that they were incredibly touched by the story...

August 09, 2012

Finding my spirituality

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

August 01, 2012

How Muslim are you?

Are you Muslim? …How Muslim are you? …No but, really…how Muslim are you? I get asked these questions,...

July 2012

July 18, 2012

Dreams of my Fatherhood

Nadeah and Yousef Go awwaAAYY! Go awwaaaAAYY! At 5:30 am the sunlight is faint, peeking...

July 05, 2012

Interfaith Voices

The NPR show Interfaith Voices invited editor Nura Maznavi to discuss Love, InshAllah and her...