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October 2012

October 31, 2012

Unexpected prayer

“Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, "You owe me."...

October 26, 2012

Friday Love – Eid, crescents, & the Netherlands!

Eid mubarak & a joyous Friday to all of our wonderful readers! The Brass Crescent Awards results...

October 25, 2012

Learning womanhood

It wasn’t until I had sex that I truly saw myself as a woman. Gender...

October 24, 2012

The Moment I Realized That I Was Good

Let me detail my faults before I showcase my better parts. I am not a...

October 22, 2012

Win a free copy of Love, InshAllah!

Here's your chance to get a free, signed copy of Love, InshAllah! In celebration of...

October 18, 2012

The importance of romance

Reading Love, Inshallah inspired me to reflect on my own relationships, some of which I...

October 17, 2012

College life — debunked

It's the fall after my first year in college. Honestly, I don't know how I...

October 16, 2012

Welcome ‘Here & Now’ listeners!

Welcome & thank you for visiting our site after listening to today's Here & Now...

October 12, 2012

Prayers for Malala Yousufzai

Pakistani activist Malala Yousufzai, speaking in 2009 aged eleven: "I don't mind if I have...

October 05, 2012

Friday Love: Junot Diaz

Friday love to brilliant writer, novelist, social commentator, and recent MacArthur "genius" grant recipient, Junot...

October 04, 2012

Confessions of a recovering sex addict

The note hanging above my desk reads: “Love is the answer.” I look at it...

October 03, 2012

Delusions of Grandeur

Our wonderful contributor Huda Al-Marashi pens this hilarious piece for The Rumpus in which...

September 2012

September 26, 2012

30 Years Together

Unlike the movies, making a life with another person is rarely a happily ever after....

September 24, 2012

50 Romantic Photos

Check out more photos in Buzzfeed's collection entitled, The 50 Most Romantic Photos of All...

September 21, 2012

Friday Love: Avital Chizhik

Last week we highlighted Avital Chizhik's wonderful NYT post "The God of Marriage", which details...

September 20, 2012

3 Beautiful Things Thursday: My wife laughs in her sleep edition

Cross-posted from hijabman, who is, coincidentally, the husband of Love InshAllah writer Aida Rahim! 1....

September 19, 2012

Chasing life

“You need to dress sexier,” a friend in New York says, "Show some skin, go...

September 18, 2012

What men aren’t telling us

Great article in by Nigerian author Chris Abani called, "What men aren't telling us": "We...

September 17, 2012

For better, for worse, couples who endure

Thea & Ron A new NYT weekly feature profiles marriages, civil unions and partnerships that...

September 14, 2012

Friday Love: Nzinga Knight

Nzinga Knight is a fashion designer exploring the sensual, evocative cutting edge of fashion and...

September 13, 2012

Leaving an abusive marriage

Over the past 2 weeks, I’ve had a few conversations with folks who, upon hearing...

September 12, 2012

Love, Withheld

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

September 11, 2012

Single Girl, Asian Daughter

Cartoonist and writer Connie Sun's hilarious take on the plight of the single, Asian daughter made...

September 10, 2012

The God of Marriage

Beautifully written and insightful post by Avital Chizhik in the New York Times on the...

September 07, 2012

Friday love — Powell’s Books

We were thrilled when a dear reader sent us a picture of Love, InshAllah displayed...

September 06, 2012

My Deadline Dilemma

My life is all about deadlines. As an up-and-coming journalist, I can’t function without a...

August 2012

August 31, 2012

Friday Love: G. Willow Wilson

If Scheherazade and Neil Gaiman had a baby, she would look like G. Willow Wilson's new...

August 29, 2012

One Year Shy of Forty: The Perils of Starting Over

Next week, I will be one year shy of forty years old. I don’t feel...

August 22, 2012

Yes, I am.

Many of our readers have told us that they were incredibly touched by the story...

August 16, 2012

Eighteen Dates in Ninety Minutes

On a cold New York night in a dimly lit dive in the Lower East...