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April 2015

April 02, 2015

Forgive me Allah for I have sinned

Please welcome writer Eren Cervantes-Altamirano whose column Flirting with Fate and other Disasters of an...

March 2015

March 26, 2015

Integrity of Heart, Peace of Soul: Finding My Path as an Asexual Muslim

I’m not able to be a “good Muslim wife”. In fact, I’m not able to...

March 19, 2015

Love has no respect for questionnaires

I’ve never been in love but I’m pretty sure finding my perfect match will not...

March 18, 2015

Fairytale Beginnings

Tiny Love Story "And what do you do?" so many have asked. "I tell stories,"...

March 04, 2015

Step One

I am the kind of woman who looks at love from every angle. Who writes...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

Speaking My Language

“Turn me into droplets of rain so I sprinkle upon your pretty face,  Then coat...

February 19, 2015

Engagement Party Vanilla Cupcakes + Big News + My Love Life

Eds. Note: Please welcome our newest columnist, London-based Nazia, who will be sharing her food column Your...

January 2015

January 22, 2015

Rebels by Accident

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

December 2014

December 10, 2014

If God gives me the privilege of giving birth to a daughter

Eds. Note: We are pleased to welcome our newest columnist, Key Ballah! Catch her column...

November 2014

November 04, 2014

Vote Your Love

“You know, you can talk to me in Bangla if it makes you more comfortable,”...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

Love Comes Later

We had been married just over 24 hours and had just finished dhuhr prayer when...

October 16, 2014

Tomorrow’s Joy

The division of labor in our household is wildly disproportionate whenever we are trying to...

September 2014

September 26, 2014

Asian Parents React to “I Love You”

What would happen if you said "I love you" to your parents? These people did...

September 17, 2014

The Heart’s Prosthesis

You were different. I don’t know if I ever told you that, but there it...

September 10, 2014

Turn to Your Friends

Sanem and I took turns crossing the street to each other's townhomes for afternoon tea,...

September 09, 2014

Memoirs of the Beautiful Widow

And just like that, I remember it all. At the age of 25, after 6.5...

August 2014

August 19, 2014

Show Me Love

Eds. Note: We’re featuring the stories and perspectives of Muslim youth between the ages of 18-25...

August 15, 2014

Humans of the World

Humans of New York, one of our favorite photoblogs, was started in November 2010 by...

August 13, 2014

Heavy Moans, Achy Joints

Eds. Note: We’re featuring the stories and perspectives of Muslim youth between the ages of 18-25...

August 12, 2014

This is Peace, Too

When my husband, Hadi, and I lived in Guadalajara, Mexico, I volunteered at an internado...

July 2014

July 30, 2014

Healing in Ramadan

Our Salaam, Love contributor Mohammed Shamma writes a post for Beacon Broadside about his love...

July 24, 2014

Advice: Navigating Young (Forbidden) Love

Dear Love, InshAllah, We are parents of a Muslim college student who met a Muslim...

July 10, 2014

When Fairy Tales Fail Us

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

July 08, 2014

The Hunger to Be Seen

A titanic and towering swell of love lodged inside my chest after the birth of...

June 2014

June 27, 2014

Coming Out in the Muslim Community

To mark the end of Pride Month and the beginning of Ramadan, Salaam, Love contributor...

June 25, 2014

To the Father Who Tried

He came here full of hope. It was 1981 and he was a twenty four...

June 19, 2014

Press PAUSE

Sometimes it’s hard to make sense of everything around you, until it all stops. That’s...

June 13, 2014

Marrying Muslim Men

How are Muslim men approaching marriage in our times? How do women feel about their...

June 12, 2014

A Letter to My Muslim Son About Love

Don't look for it. It will find you. And if it doesn't, your aunties on...

June 10, 2014

The Myth of a Shared Life

I had the moment my future husband would see me in my wedding dress all...