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Love, InshAllah

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July 2014

July 10, 2014

When Fairy Tales Fail Us

When a daughter is born into a loving family, she is cherished and treated like...

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 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...

February 2014

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 31, 2014

Salaam, Arif Choudhury!

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

January 28, 2014

Salaam, Stephen Leeper!

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

January 27, 2014

Salaam, Mohammed Shamma!

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

January 24, 2014

Salaam, Alan Howard!

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

January 23, 2014

Salaam, Khizer Husain!

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

January 20, 2014

Salaam, John Austin!

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

January 17, 2014

Salaam, A. Khan!

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

January 03, 2014

Salaam, Arsalan Ahmed!

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

November 2013

November 01, 2013

Friday Love: Ameena Matthews

Our love today to the incredible, inspiring and unstoppable Ameena Matthews. Ameena, a community activist...

October 2013

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 10, 2013

Fervently Fantastic

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

October 06, 2013

“Get married or die fasting”

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

April 2013

April 19, 2013

Friday Love: Side Entrance

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

March 2013

March 18, 2013

Poetry Monday: Sam Pierstorff

The 2nd Pillar of Islam Was the Hardest Prayer always came at the worst times:...

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...

October 2012

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 06, 2012

My Deadline Dilemma

My life is all about deadlines. As an up-and-coming journalist, I can’t function without a...

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 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 31, 2012

When I fell in love with a Muslim

Torah A perspective on an interfaith relationship between a Jewish woman and Muslim man that...

July 25, 2012

Like a virgin

One of the most meaningful aspects of Islam for me was the rule about no...

July 10, 2012

On My Own

Image by Erik Madigan Heck A beautiful, painful and honest piece by Hafsa Arain at...

July 05, 2012

Interfaith Voices

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

May 2012

May 23, 2012

The Last Virgin

I'm going to die a virgin. Possibly.  If I died tomorrow.  Or maybe a couple...

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