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December 2013

December 24, 2013

Time For Changes, Time For Life

Eds. Note: Introducing our newest monthly columnist, Alan Howard, with his meditations on life after...

December 23, 2013

10 Honest Thoughts On Being Loved By A Skinny Boy

"I say, 'I am fat.' He says, 'no, you're beautiful.' I wonder why I cannot...

December 20, 2013

Rad Brown Dads

We're loving this new Tumblr, Rad Brown Dads, an homage to the beauty, struggles, and...

December 19, 2013

On The Alleged Flaw That Is My Independence

On a recent flight out to San Francisco, I comfortably nestled into my emergency row...

December 18, 2013

Salaam and Merry Christmas!

I was raised in a conservative Muslim household. We prayed five times a day and...

December 13, 2013

Haram: A Play

"Art is a message from the soul, wrapped in a envelope of beauty." -Dr. Maher...

December 12, 2013

Finding love without a chase

As a teenager, I was never confident about my body. I was darker-skinned than was...

December 11, 2013

Love, Whiteness, and Girls in Turbans

Lots of things have been going down at www.patheos.com/blogs/loveinshallah and within the Muslim blogosphere. The...

December 09, 2013

#Mipsterz

The "Mipsterz" video has been making waves in the American Muslim community. What are...

December 09, 2013

I Will Be Satisfied

I Will Be Satisfied I will never be satisfied Until you flood me like the...

December 06, 2013

Potential

In a vibrant new video, journalist Nushmia Khan examines the hands of the Pakistanis she...

December 04, 2013

On writing, identity and creating art

You’ve got to meet my brother, my friend Mina tells me as we...

December 03, 2013

Mystical Manifestations

I'd forgotten that the psychic said he was going to come to me in the...

December 02, 2013

Threads

Threads A hushed night. Soft and still. I see threads. Threads. There are threads. Laced...

November 2013

November 29, 2013

Muslims in Hollywood

Novelist and screenwriter Kamran Pasha on being a Muslim in Hollywood and having the courage...

November 28, 2013

Advice: Praying for a fresh start

Dear Love InshAllah, There's something that I haven't been able to talk to anyone about,...

November 27, 2013

Towards a More Perfect Ummah

Eds. Note: This is a response to last week’s guest post, How I met my son’s...

November 27, 2013

He said, she said

Many single Muslims enjoy getting to know potential spouses over dinner and coffee dates. This...

November 26, 2013

Why we have to talk about what hurts

Eds. Note: This is a response to last week’s guest post, How I met my son’s...

November 26, 2013

How I Met My Granddaughter’s Father

Eds. Note: This is a response from AltMuslimah to last week’s guest post, How I met...

November 25, 2013

What Men Can Do to End Violence Against Women

Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. While men and...

November 25, 2013

Choices

Eds. Note: This is a response to last week’s guest post, How I met my son’s...

November 23, 2013

Reflections of a “good” girl

Eds. Note: This is a response to Thursday's guest post, How I met my son’s mother....

November 22, 2013

How to be alone

Gorgeous and wise.

November 22, 2013

My problem with traditional desi marriage

Eds. Note: This is a response to yesterday’s guest post, How I met my son’s mother....

November 21, 2013

How I Met My Son’s Mother

Eds. Note 11/22/13: We are strongly committed to airing a diversity of perspectives to undermine the...

November 20, 2013

Love Thyself (Inshallah)

Bookstores are my turf. They’re my territory, where I live and breathe. I’m intimately familiar...

November 19, 2013

Painted Hands With Jennifer Zobair

Loveinshallah asked Jennifer Zobair, author of Painted Hands, to share insights on her novel, the...

November 18, 2013

broken

What is a poet when he runs out of poetry it is a man who...

November 15, 2013

Faith, Identity & Storytelling

An excellent conversation with 2013 Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar on faith, identity & storytelling...