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March 2014

March 26, 2014

Sisters

I’ve mentioned before that I am a hopeless romantic and write often about relationships, marriage,...

March 21, 2014

Friday Love: Alicia Keys & The Sicilian Nun

Last week it was AbuEesagate. This week it was the #AliceinArabia controversy (which you can...

March 19, 2014

Zen and the Art of Being Naked

One of the most common nightmares in the world - alongside falling or drowning, performing...

March 14, 2014

How Art and Music Create New Hybrid Culture

North African-Dutch musician and creative artist, Rajae El Mouhandiz, gave a stunning TEdxBreda talk a...

March 13, 2014

The Life and Death of a First Love

First love can be a bittersweet and intense experience, especially if it is unrequited. It...

March 12, 2014

The Ides of March

The Ides of March --(or how girl can write her way to a new life)...

March 10, 2014

Return of the Friend

Return of the Friend I had not expected love but it surprised, like the slip...

March 07, 2014

Love Is Universal

Sometimes, you run into a good thing and you want to share it with everyone....

March 06, 2014

On Human Kindness and Thomas Keller’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

For an hour in the morning and another in the evening, I have the distinct...

March 05, 2014

On insurance companies, hollering toddlers, and reclaiming a Monday morning

My son loves running around in circles. I mean that literally. He’ll grab a favorite...

March 04, 2014

Love after death

I often wonder about love after death. After the bodies are buried, janazas are done, and...

March 03, 2014

The Real Ones

The Real Ones Something happened in the development sector Something we forgot Something we should...

February 2014

February 27, 2014

Love Between The Lines

“‘I love you’ scares me,” he admitted, looking nervous. “I’m not sure I know what...

February 26, 2014

Just a friend

All I heard was the word “friends”. Everything after that was muffled. To be quite...

February 25, 2014

Code-Switching/Matchmaking

I recently decided to step back from actively searching for someone to marry. I’m serious...

February 19, 2014

My Sci Fi Valentine

I have a problem with Jerry Maguire. It’s got nothing to do with Tom Cruise’s toothy...

February 18, 2014

Burqas, Baseball, and Apple Pie

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

February 17, 2014

Inter-Dependent

Inter-Dependent I wanted to show you what I saw And heard And understood But it...

February 14, 2014

Date A Girl Who Reads

Happy Valentine's Day to our readers - we love you! Date a girl who reads....

February 13, 2014

The Other Side of the Coin

They tell you that to just focus on yourself. The instructions are to become a...

February 10, 2014

Doves

Doves Don’t turn from me because of what you see Shall I release the...

February 09, 2014

Thank you, LA!

We had a fabulous reading of Salaam, Love at the historic Eso Won Books in...

February 08, 2014

Thank you, San Francisco!

A huge thank you to our San Francisco readers who ventured out in the rain...

February 07, 2014

The Kids Are All Right

I remember being handed thin, dry, misspelled pamphlets on the life of the Prophet (saws)...

February 06, 2014

Interfaith Marriage on a String

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

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...

February 04, 2014

Happy Birthday, “Salaam, Love”!

Today is our official pub date for our second book! Deepest gratitude to Ayesha Pande, the...

February 04, 2014

Love Is A Radical Tool

It was last summer, and I was sitting on a panel, with Asian American leaders...

February 03, 2014

The sacrilegious love affair I couldn’t resist

Salon excerpted one of the most controversial stories from Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on...

February 03, 2014

What Guys Look For In Girls

We are beautiful in every single way. Poet Savannah Brown breaks it down: "We live...