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May 2015

May 27, 2015

Who Mothers the Mother?

Because we are free women. born of free women, who are born of free women,...

May 08, 2015

I Want ‘More’

Love, Inshallah welcomes back guest columnist Dilshad Ali for Mother's Day. You ever have those...

February 2014

February 18, 2014

Burqas, Baseball, and Apple Pie

Love, Inshallah presents an author interview podcast with The Faith Club author, Ranya Tabari Idliby,...

February 05, 2014

Motherhood, Writing, and the Necessity of Vulnerability

Before I became a parent when mothers shared stories about their children’s first day of...

January 2014

January 08, 2014

On the importance of embracing silence

It's 6 o'clock in the morning and though the house is still and dark, I...

November 2013

November 07, 2013

The Paths To My Heart

I am not sure why I have not written in a long time. I try...

August 2013

August 04, 2013

Ramadan, Motherhood, Spirituality

Ramadan is almost over. During this last week of reflection and worship, we thought this...

May 2013

May 12, 2013

A Mother’s Prayer – By Tina Fey

Happy Mother's Day to our readers in the US! A Mother’s Prayer for Her Child...

May 08, 2013

Single (American-Muslim) Mother

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

May 06, 2013

The Poetry of Motherhood: Waiting to Unfold

Love, Inshallah reviews a beautiful collection of poetry from poet, mother and rabbi, Rachel Barenblat. In...

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 11, 2013

Heart, Be Brave

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

April 03, 2013

Literary Mama: Other Mothers

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

March 2013

March 06, 2013

Baby, you’re a big girl now

Dear Emi, In a couple weeks’ time, I will be ironing a navy blue pinafore...

February 2013

February 20, 2013

On Silence

It's 6 o'clock in the morning and though the house is still and dark, I...

February 15, 2013

Friday Love: Adoptive mom’s ‘newborn’ photo shoot

♥ this! We are never too old to want -- and deserve -- love, security...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Hey Autism, Verily with Difficulty There is Ease

Spring break on the beach: Are we a couple of free-wheeling college students on Daytona...

November 2012

November 07, 2012

Small beauties

I read a book to my children, called "Small Beauties," and started tearing up right...

September 2012

September 12, 2012

Love, Withheld

Every mother has two birthing tales:One, that of giving birth to her child, is shared....

August 2012

August 09, 2012

Finding my spirituality

I didn’t mean to misplace my spirituality. I just lost it while searching for my...

May 2012

May 24, 2012

Smelling Roses

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

March 2012

March 09, 2012

The divided heart: art and motherhood

I went to an extraordinary theater event tonight by Golden Thread featuring four playwrights/artists of...