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April 2015

April 09, 2015

My body is not an invitation

He said my name like a ghost. A whisper from behind. A quiet wind hot...

April 08, 2015

The Weight of Other People’s Expectations

Eds. Note: Please welcome our newest writer Laura P.! Look for her column Integrity of...

March 2015

March 26, 2015

Integrity of Heart, Peace of Soul: Finding My Path as an Asexual Muslim

I’m not able to be a “good Muslim wife”. In fact, I’m not able to...

March 19, 2015

Love has no respect for questionnaires

I’ve never been in love but I’m pretty sure finding my perfect match will not...

March 18, 2015

Fairytale Beginnings

Tiny Love Story "And what do you do?" so many have asked. "I tell stories,"...

February 2015

February 11, 2015

Chasing Joy

I came across an essay called, “Joy,” from writer Zadie Smith. This was a timely...

August 2014

August 12, 2014

This is Peace, Too

When my husband, Hadi, and I lived in Guadalajara, Mexico, I volunteered at an internado...

July 2014

July 30, 2014

Healing in Ramadan

Our Salaam, Love contributor Mohammed Shamma writes a post for Beacon Broadside about his love...

July 10, 2014

When Fairy Tales Fail Us

When a daughter is born into a loving family, she is cherished and treated like...

July 08, 2014

The Hunger to Be Seen

A titanic and towering swell of love lodged inside my chest after the birth of...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

To the Father Who Tried

He came here full of hope. It was 1981 and he was a twenty four...

June 19, 2014

Press PAUSE

Sometimes it’s hard to make sense of everything around you, until it all stops. That’s...

June 10, 2014

The Myth of a Shared Life

I had the moment my future husband would see me in my wedding dress all...

May 2014

May 29, 2014

There is No Me, There is Only You

I’m going back to work. Which seems like a ridiculous thing to say because I’m...

May 28, 2014

ER Love Stories

As a nurse, I get personal with people real fast. At times, I can be...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

Serial Husbands

Recently, one of my friends informed me that her ex-husband was getting remarried. My first...

April 16, 2014

All The Single Ladies

Two months ago, sitting in a Turkish restaurant packed to capacity on a Saturday night,...

February 2014

February 17, 2014

Inter-Dependent

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

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 12, 2014

Love (Again)

Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be critical about love; for in the...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

Salaam, Arif Choudhury!

Our new book, Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex & Intimacy, will be...

January 30, 2014

Advice: On cleaning up after sex & dating with a disability

Dear Love, InshAllah: I know this seems like a question everyone already seems to know,...

January 20, 2014

Salaam, John Austin!

Our new book, Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex & Intimacy, will be...

January 16, 2014

Advice: On internet flirting & kissing at a wedding

Dear Love, InshAllah: There's this Muslim guy I met a few times through work. He...

December 2013

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...

October 2013

October 16, 2013

Finding Love in Cape Town

My roommate and I sat side by side on our couch, hunched over our respective...

September 2013

September 25, 2013

Black + Muslim + Woman

"It's because you're black." He repositioned himself in the chair, then looked down...

August 2013

August 28, 2013

Step Baba

I was around three when my mother met him. He said I took one look...

June 2013

June 13, 2013

Advice: Dating Newbie

Dear Love Inshallah, At the age of 25, I am fairly new to the world...

June 10, 2013

Poetry Monday: A Man Who Washes Dishes

A Man Who Washes Dishes I love a man who clears my table I love...