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May 2013

May 03, 2013

Friday Love: Follow Me

Check out this gorgeous project, "Follow Me," by Russian photographer Murad Osmann. Each shot is of the...

May 02, 2013

Advice: Why is sex so taboo?

Dear Love InshAllah, How do I talk to my sister about sex? She's 24 and...

May 01, 2013

On motherhood and creating space for creativity

How do you find the time to write? After questions of sleep habits, and diaper...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

Riz Ahmed: Smashing stereotypes

"I think you're a little bit behind the curve, though, if I'm honest. This is...

April 29, 2013

Poetry Monday: Naomi Shihab Nye

Wandering Around an Albuquerque Airport Terminal After learning my flight was detained 4 hours, I...

April 26, 2013

Friday Love: How Not to Pitch a Book

We love this hilarious video from author David Henry Sterry, half of the dynamic duo The...

April 25, 2013

For the Love of Honesty

I am a terrible liar. Not for lack of acting skills, but due to an...

April 24, 2013

Mumma’s Sharp White Cheddar Mac n’ Cheese

The bowl was in the dishwasher at work and I recognized it instantly. That rim...

April 23, 2013

Book Review: Fast Times in Palestine

Writing about Palestine is hard. To talk about it at all, one has to issue...

April 20, 2013

Leader. Inspiration. Muslim.

Congratulations to 15-year-old Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai and the 34 other women who made the...

April 19, 2013

Friday Love: Side Entrance

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

April 18, 2013

Advice: Searching for a way forward

Ed. note: This column provides a safe space for readers to ask love and relationship...

April 17, 2013

The Geekologist: Your TARDIS Or Mine?

Editor’s note: Writer Zainab Chaudary is coming on board as a www.patheos.com/blogs/loveinshallah monthly columnist! Look...

April 15, 2013

Prayers for Boston

Our thoughts & prayers are with everyone in Boston, their families & loved ones.

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...

April 12, 2013

Friday Love: Deluge

Congratulations to American Muslim filmmaker and writer Nijla Mu'min on her new film Deluge! Check...

April 11, 2013

Heart, Be Brave

Heart, be brave. If you cannot be brave, just go! Love’s glory is not a...

April 10, 2013

Thoughts of a Wasat Girl: The Way Will Be Made Clear

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

April 05, 2013

Friday love: The Single Muslimah

We're loving this Tumblr page, The Single Muslimah - full of hilarious gifs and spot...

April 04, 2013

Lustrous Companions

(They will be) on couches inlaid Reclining on them, facing each other Round about them...

April 03, 2013

Literary Mama: Other Mothers

Ed note: Introducing our second monthly columnist, Aisha Saeed: mama, writer, lawyer and contributor to...

April 02, 2013

Supplemental call for stories for new anthology

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

March 2013

March 29, 2013

Friday Love: Rajae

Rajae means “stronger than hope, less than will” in Arabic. Rajae’s artistic path is based...

March 28, 2013

Advice: Lonely with a high sex drive

Dear Love InshAllah, I am a single virgin woman in my late twenties who has...

March 27, 2013

The Big M

Last year, while I was interning in New York City and commuting via public transit...

March 22, 2013

Friday Love: Unmosqued

Relevant and timely. Interested in learning more? Check out this writer's take on the issues.

March 21, 2013

Hijab: A Love Story

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

March 20, 2013

Faith, Marriage, and Scrabble

My fiancé Ahmed came to the US from his native Turkey in part to escape...

March 19, 2013

Wanted: A Few Good Men

Calling all American Muslim men: Can you feel the excitement building? The deadline for your...

March 18, 2013

Poetry Monday: Sam Pierstorff

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