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November 2013

November 05, 2013

The Legacy of Zines

Eds. note: Please welcome activist, storyteller, politico and Love InshAllah anthology contributor Tanzila "Taz" Ahmed...

November 04, 2013

Beat of Heart

Beat of Heart A new dawn is a new day a new chance The world,...

November 01, 2013

Friday Love: Ameena Matthews

Our love today to the incredible, inspiring and unstoppable Ameena Matthews. Ameena, a community activist...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

I am a monster

Watch these four awesome young women demolish female stereotypes, particularly those associated with Halloween.

October 31, 2013

Love in the Time of Aerograms

Years after India gained independence from Great Britain in 1947, the eastern portion of the...

October 30, 2013

My Grandmother, Mrs. Neil

My grandmother didn't have to see the world. My mother placed it at her feet...

October 29, 2013

Artist Spotlight: Zainab Zeb

For artists, from an artist. For women, from a woman. Art has the power to...

October 28, 2013

Faith

Faith you taught me to pray, the words and offering to the Divine: a God...

October 25, 2013

To all the girls whose thighs touch

‎To all the girls whose thighs touch, with stretchmarks laid like gold across their backside,...

October 24, 2013

Advice: In Love With a Polytheist

Dear Love Inshallah, I have been dating a man for a few years now and...

October 22, 2013

Hipster Muslim, Slouching toward Mecca & other fabulousness

Some phenomenal recent reads: Author, www.patheos.com/blogs/loveinshallah editor, and anthology contributor Deonna Kelli in Slouching toward...

October 21, 2013

The Poetry of Life

Love is the poetry of life Gratitude its prose Kindness the sentences In patience composed...

October 19, 2013

The False Phoenix

Love, Inshallah's fiction debut! The False Phoenix Not a drop of rain had fallen in...

October 18, 2013

Eaten By the Heart

Watch this fascinating video by Zina Saro-Wiwa as she explores African cultural ideas around public...

October 17, 2013

Nurturing A Soul

Lately I’ve been thinking about the business of babies, since I found out two friends...

October 16, 2013

Finding Love in Cape Town

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

October 12, 2013

Last chance to vote!

Deeply honored that www.patheos.com/blogs/loveinshallah has been nominated for "Best Blog", "Best Group Blog" and "Best...

October 11, 2013

Fatherhood is…

Photographer Sabrina Thompson's "Social Series: Fatherhood is..." project promotes positive images of black fathers. The...

October 10, 2013

Fervently Fantastic

Our parents named us after Islamic figures in hopes that we would grow up to...

October 09, 2013

On Writing and Bike Riding

I started bicycle riding a few months ago after a twenty-five year lull. A fellow...

October 07, 2013

Canyon Girl

Canyon Girl “Somethin’ in me’s crossed over.” Thelma, Thelma and Louise Come to the cliffside...

October 06, 2013

“Get married or die fasting”

Author and academic Haroon Moghul - a contributor to our forthcoming book Salaam, Love: American Muslim...

October 04, 2013

Marriage is…

Photographer Sabrina Thompson's latest project "Marriage Is...," is a video and social media campaign aimed...

October 03, 2013

Advice: Nervous About Sex

Salam Love InshAllah, I will be getting married next month and I will move from...

October 02, 2013

Five Reasons Why You Need To Follow The Dream Of Writing Now. With GIFs

Many of us love to write and aspire to cultivate our thoughts through the written...

September 2013

September 28, 2013

Literary Pick: Alif the Unseen

If you haven't read American Muslim author G. Willow Wilson's extraordinary debut novel & New York...

September 27, 2013

We Are the 15%

We absolutely love this blog We Are the 15% - a crowdsourced gallery of pictures of...

September 26, 2013

What’s Love Got To Do With It?

I am estranged from my father, and no, I don’t like talking about it. Why...

September 25, 2013

Black + Muslim + Woman

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

September 20, 2013

Gratitude

We just received word that the Love InshAllah blog has been nominated for Best Blog,...