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May 2015

May 14, 2015

Silent Dhikr

1. My name is too long to fit into the tiny space of your mouth....

February 2015

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...

February 12, 2014

Love (Again)

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

February 20, 2013

On Silence

It's 6 o'clock in the morning and though the house is still and dark, I...

November 2012

November 07, 2012

Small beauties

I read a book to my children, called "Small Beauties," and started tearing up right...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

Unexpected prayer

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

September 2012

September 28, 2012

Friday love: Balpreet Kaur

Our love to the fabulous, powerful, and beautiful Balpreet Kaur, a Sikh-American woman who responded...

September 13, 2012

Leaving an abusive marriage

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

August 2012

August 24, 2012

Friday love: A community in Ramadan, a family for Eid

This past week saw the end of the holy month of Ramadan and the Eid-al-Fitr...

August 22, 2012

Yes, I am.

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

August 09, 2012

Finding my spirituality

I didn’t mean to misplace my spirituality. I just lost it while searching for my...

May 2012

May 17, 2012

Press PAUSE

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

March 2012

March 16, 2012

Atheists I have loved

Alain de Botton I'm in the midst of a blistering spiritual drought. While I am...