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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 26, 2012

I went down to the river to pray

Ed. note: This post won a Brass Crescent Award for being the 'single most original...

July 25, 2012

Like a virgin

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

July 18, 2012

Dreams of my Fatherhood

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

July 09, 2012

Watch Love Live!

Did you miss a reading of Love, InshAllah when we came to your hometown? Don't...

July 05, 2012

Interfaith Voices

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

June 2012

June 26, 2012

Love in the time of cancer

Trauma impacts a person in ways they don’t really realize themselves until much later. Real...

June 17, 2012

Father’s Day: A Love Letter to Muslim Fathers

'Love InshAllah' editor Ayesha Mattu writes a love letter to Muslim fathers on Father's Day...

June 15, 2012

Friday Love – From the UK

"I have been looking forward to the publication of Love InshaAllah for several months now...

June 13, 2012

3 Ways to Cultivate Real Love in Your Relationship

There is so much depth to real love, a web of different strands that all...

May 2012

May 24, 2012

Smelling Roses

Tonight the rains flooded the parkway, turning my twenty-five minute commute into an hour and...

May 10, 2012

Just another Muslim couple

Walking down the street, you watch the stereotypical Muslim Arab couple as they pass by...

May 08, 2012

Properly in love

“How many times have you been properly in love?” It’s a question that Piers Morgan,...

May 01, 2012

Mama’s girl

When I did something wrong, I wasn’t grounded or sent to my room. My mother...

April 2012

April 26, 2012

A male perspective: Who I need to be – for you

Yusef & Samira I'm not a marriage counselor but it doesn't take much to see...

April 10, 2012

Loving after loss

My mother died the same day I submitted the final version of my story "Punk-Drunk...

April 05, 2012

Top 3 things you need to make a marriage work (Surprise: Love isn’t one of them!)

Being a part of this book has, in ways, affirmed and strengthened my connection with...

March 2012

March 30, 2012

Friday love – review of the week

Brother Sulaimon, currently in prison in Angola, Louisiana, passed along his review of Love, InshAllah:...

March 29, 2012

Will Allah listen?

I am a thirty-something Pakistani Muslim girl living in Canada’s capital. I have never written...

March 27, 2012

Interfaith Marriage on a String

“All is change with time / the future none can see / the road you...

March 21, 2012

Media roundup: Magazines, radio, and TV! Oh my!

We continue to be amazed and thrilled by media coverage of Love, InshAllah. We took...

March 15, 2012

The Power is in the Telling

This is my story. This is the one I tell. This is how I ended...

February 2012

February 08, 2012

Spotlight: Patricia Dunn, author, writing instructor, and Love InshAllah contributor!

Our 23rd & final contributor spotlight! We hope you've enjoyed hearing from our wonderful writers!...

February 07, 2012

Spotlight: Nour Gamal, global nomad, translator and Love, InshAllah contributor!

An excerpt from Nour's story, "So I Married a Farangi": "My parents are observant Muslims...

February 06, 2012

Spotlight: Lena Hassan, writer and Love InshAllah contributor!

Lena Hassan has wanted to be a writer since the age of 10, but turned...

February 03, 2012

Spotlight: J. Samia Mair, attorney, writer and Love, InshAllah contributor!

An excerpt from J. Samia Mair's story, "A Journey of Two Hearts":"Mike and I were...

February 02, 2012

Stories that “transcend stereotypical conceptions”

Arts, culture and politics journal The Brooklyn Rail reviews Love, InshAllah: "...the stories transcend stereotypical...

February 02, 2012

Spotlight: Insiya Ansari, writer and Love InshAllah contributor!

Insiya Ansari is a writer who was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. An...

February 01, 2012

Spotlight: Nijla Mu’min, poet, filmmaker, and Love InshAllah contributor!

Nijla Mu'min is a writer and filmmaker currently attending CalArts graduate Writing and Film Directing...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

Spotlight: Deonna Kelli Sayed, writer, ghost hunter, and Love InshAllah contributor!

Deonna Kelli Sayed lived in Bahrain for several years where she conducted creative writing workshops,...