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January 2013

January 18, 2013

Friday love: BrotherSpeak

We love the Washington Post video series, "BrotherSpeak," exploring the lives of black men in the...

January 17, 2013

A Filmi Love Story

As I write this, my husband and I are hanging out over web cam in...

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...

January 11, 2013

Friday Love: Warsan Shire

Warsan Shire's poetry leaves us breathless and aflame. She is a Kenyan-born Somali poet and writer...

January 10, 2013

Advice: Marriage Sucks

Dear Love InshAllah, My wife does not perform oral sex on me. It aggravates me....

January 09, 2013

Let’s talk about sex (InshAllah)

Since publishing Love InshAllah, we've received countless e-mails from women and men with questions about...

January 04, 2013

Friday Love: Single Girl Resolutions

A fun New Year comic by cartoonist Connie Sun. Best of luck with your 2013...

January 03, 2013

Man of the House

I’ve had many humbling experiences in my life, including voluntarily going homeless for one week...

January 02, 2013

Old World Lessons on Love

Born in the 1970s at the tail-end of the women’s lib movement, I was a...

December 2012

December 31, 2012

A blessed 2013 to you & yours!

Wishing our friends, family & readers a blessed and beautiful 2013 from the city in...

December 21, 2012

Friday Love: Love, Alhamdulillah!

2012 – what a year! We started it with a love note to Jon Stewart...

December 20, 2012

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

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

December 19, 2012

That Bollywood Moment

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai “I hear he walks around high school with his shirt unbuttoned,...

December 14, 2012

Friday Love – Writing & Love

Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love...

December 13, 2012

How to get married in a month: Or, how I stopped worrying and loved Sarah Kureshi

For all those wondering about the “story” behind my “sudden” marriage to Sarah Kureshi, here’s...

December 12, 2012

From bizarre to bliss – my year on a Muslim matrimonial site

Two days had gone by since he had called. Well, two days and nine hours,...

December 07, 2012

Friday Love – Nayomi Munaweera

A family epic set against the backdrop of the Sri Lankan civil war comes to...

December 06, 2012

The Greater Truth

(Ed. note: Today's guest post is by editor Ayesha Mattu's husband) Honesty is the best...

December 05, 2012

For Earl

Earl is no ordinary man. I know, I know; any declaration of love can begin...

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 29, 2012

No se niega, I am my mother’s daughter

I’ve been so afraid of being like her, terrified really, that I’ve tried to ignore,...

November 28, 2012

Loving via Skype

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

November 16, 2012

Friday Love: Mama’s wisdom

November 15, 2012

Growing up Trekkie – How Star Trek Made Me Fall in Love with Psychology

I have a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and spend most of my days working in...

November 14, 2012

What The Heart Wants

As a child, I was told that a good Afghan girl does not do anything...

November 13, 2012

Prayers for Roxy

We don't know Roxy personally, but we believe in the power of thought, prayer, and...

November 09, 2012

Loving after loss (Part 2)

I woke from deep slumber with the gray lights of dawn peeking in. I had...

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...