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May 2015

May 06, 2015

Guava Jam: Taste of my mother, taste of home

This month's Radical Love column is a video essay recorded live at Common Grounds in...

April 2015

April 01, 2015

Is my ex an FBI informant?

He was undoubtedly attractive – tall, lean and muscular, caramel colored skin, full lips, high...

March 2015

March 12, 2015

A Hate Crime Against the Universe

It was a rainy and cold night in Los Angeles. The rarity of the rain...

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...

January 2015

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...

December 2014

December 03, 2014

Love in Protest

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

November 2014

November 04, 2014

Vote Your Love

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

October 2014

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...

July 2014

July 02, 2014

The Plight of the 30-Something Single

The phone rang, waking me from deep morning slumber. Naturally, I don’t pick up, though...

June 2014

June 03, 2014

Maghrib Memories

Three years just doesn’t have the same ring to it as one month, or one...

May 2014

May 06, 2014

The Back Up Baby Daddy & My Geriatric Uterus

The little ghost pops up on my phone and I push the button to see...

April 2014

April 01, 2014

#IfKhadijaCanDoIt or The Patriarchy of Death

The first time I walked up the sidewalk to the front door after “it” happened,...

March 2014

March 04, 2014

Love after death

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

February 2014

February 04, 2014

Love Is A Radical Tool

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

January 2014

January 16, 2014

Muslim VDay Cards!

Looking for the perfect Valentine's Day gift for loved ones? We're thrilled to announce a creative...

January 07, 2014

Manifesting Love

“Now, in this vision, I want you to visualize yourself in a relationship,” he said....

December 2013

December 03, 2013

Mystical Manifestations

I'd forgotten that the psychic said he was going to come to me in the...

November 2013

November 05, 2013

The Legacy of Zines

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

June 2013

June 28, 2013

Friday Love: Beats for Bangladesh

Curated by world reknowned hip-hop artist Brooklyn Shanti and political activist, writer & Love InshAllah anthology...

March 2013

March 04, 2013

Poetry Monday: Tanzila Ahmed

Bhohlo You make me yearn for my mother tongue. My brown fingers intertwine yours as...

February 2013

February 06, 2013

How to say goodbye to your mother

What do you tell her? If you have five years to say good-bye or no...

November 2012

November 09, 2012

Loving after loss (Part 2)

I woke from deep slumber with the gray lights of dawn peeking in. I had...

April 2012

April 10, 2012

Loving after loss

My mother died the same day I submitted the final version of my story "Punk-Drunk...

January 2012

January 24, 2012

Spotlight: Tanzila “Taz” Ahmed, writer, community organizer and Love InshAllah contributor!

Taz Ahmed is a political organizer, cultural writer and an activist who enjoys dancing in...