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February 2015

February 19, 2015

Engagement Party Vanilla Cupcakes + Big News + My Love Life

Eds. Note: Please welcome our newest columnist, London-based Nazia, who will be sharing her food column Your...

February 13, 2015

Mourning

They ask me why I always wear black. And I answer “I am in mourning”....

February 13, 2015

The Upstairs Wife – Virtual Book Club February 26th!

Please join us on Twitter for our first virtual book club featuring a Q&A with...

February 12, 2015

The Day I (Almost) Became a Woman

I was ten-years-old. The air was sticky and heavy, the kind of heat that makes...

February 11, 2015

Chasing Joy

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

February 04, 2015

A Mosque of One’s Own

It wasn’t the first time I had heard a woman give the azaan. In our Ramadan...

January 2015

January 15, 2015

No Apologies Necessary

It was my first time meeting a new friend’s spouse. We’d just finished dinner at...

January 14, 2015

Weighty Ghosts

Back when people called me Her Excellency, I routinely attended gatherings at the home of...

January 08, 2015

Brown Girl Dreaming

I remember being three, face deep in a mango, my mosquito legs poking out from...

January 07, 2015

My Absurdly Attractive Doctor & Other Misadventures in Love

I’ve never been one to get along with conventionally attractive people – probably a residual...

January 01, 2015

Happy 2015 & thank you!

Thank you so much to our wonderful readers for the Brass Crescent Award nominations for...

January 01, 2015

And In The Morning, I’m Making Pancakes!

It's a rare experience in our adult lives for us to think, "Oh, I've never...

December 2014

December 17, 2014

Heidelberg and Huckleberries

On the surface, Mark Twain and I have nothing in common. Twain was a cranky...

December 11, 2014

The View From Here

In seventeen years of marriage, my husband and I have lived in one foreign country...

December 10, 2014

If God gives me the privilege of giving birth to a daughter

Eds. Note: We are pleased to welcome our newest columnist, Key Ballah! Catch her column...

December 04, 2014

No Utensils Required

Amman, Jordan – 1998 I joined my family in the dining room, noticing immediately...

December 03, 2014

Love in Protest

As my car crested the hill, I could see the skyline of downtown Los Angeles...

November 2014

November 19, 2014

(Potential) Adventures in Wonderland

Every now and then, we come to a stage in our lives where everything is...

November 13, 2014

A New Story to Tell

During my last year of college and my first year of marriage, my husband, Hadi,...

November 06, 2014

Go Be You

I’ve been thinking about fate, lately. About what’s ‘meant’ to happen, what does happen, and...

November 04, 2014

Vote Your Love

“You know, you can talk to me in Bangla if it makes you more comfortable,”...

October 2014

October 30, 2014

An Accidental Jihad

Writer Krista Bremer met Ismail fifteen years ago on a North Carolina running trail. A...

October 29, 2014

Love Comes Later

We had been married just over 24 hours and had just finished dhuhr prayer when...

October 22, 2014

From America to Kenya: Love in Every Last Bite

I’m a foodie. I’ll admit it. I shamelessly look up pictures and videos of food...

October 16, 2014

Tomorrow’s Joy

The division of labor in our household is wildly disproportionate whenever we are trying to...

October 15, 2014

Things To Take Into Account

I became Muslim in my early 20s. During those early years, I would entertain myself on...

October 08, 2014

The Single Girl’s Survival Guide for Desi Weddings

It was exactly five years to the day since the wedding I wrote about...

October 07, 2014

Bridging the Gap

My grandmother's name is Raj Kumari, which means “princess” in English. She has always been in my...

October 06, 2014

What’s Your Name

Order Irene's new collection, the galaxy of origins. Scroll down for audio. what’s your name...

September 2014

September 26, 2014

Asian Parents React to “I Love You”

What would happen if you said "I love you" to your parents? These people did...