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March 2014

March 19, 2014

Zen and the Art of Being Naked

One of the most common nightmares in the world - alongside falling or drowning, performing...

March 12, 2014

The Ides of March

The Ides of March --(or how girl can write her way to a new life)...

March 10, 2014

Return of the Friend

Return of the Friend I had not expected love but it surprised, like the slip...

March 03, 2014

The Real Ones

The Real Ones Something happened in the development sector Something we forgot Something we should...

February 2014

February 27, 2014

Love Between The Lines

“‘I love you’ scares me,” he admitted, looking nervous. “I’m not sure I know what...

February 19, 2014

My Sci Fi Valentine

I have a problem with Jerry Maguire. It’s got nothing to do with Tom Cruise’s toothy...

February 12, 2014

Love (Again)

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

February 10, 2014

Doves

Doves Don’t turn from me because of what you see Shall I release the...

January 2014

January 22, 2014

The Force Is Strong With This One

“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to...

January 15, 2014

Renovations

Listen to Deonna's cinematic radio reading of this piece. [soundcloud url="" params="color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true"...

January 13, 2014

The Island: A Memoir

She has another dream. In this one, she can see the tarmac from the small...

January 06, 2014

Manifesto for the Chaste Wanton

Manifesto for the Chaste Wanton She will be your wild mare at night, but in...

December 2013

December 18, 2013

Salaam and Merry Christmas!

I was raised in a conservative Muslim household. We prayed five times a day and...

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 09, 2013

On Writing and Bike Riding

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

September 2013

September 24, 2013

Turning Thirty

I have been playing the role of two different people in one body for more...

September 18, 2013

My X-Men

I have opinions. About the X-Men. I’m a child of the 1990’s, so my reference...

September 17, 2013

Back to the Rooftop

As much as it annoyed my family and my then-estranged husband, I refused to find...

September 11, 2013

Poetics of Space

Alternatively titled: Selected Readings of a Southern Life. Let us start with a discussion about...

September 07, 2013

Melody Moezzi’s Bipolar Life

Love, Inshallah Author Interview: Melody Moezzi, Haldol to Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life Narrated and produced...

September 05, 2013

Writing for Love

When The Love, Inshallah call for submissions found its way into my email inbox, I...

August 2013

August 14, 2013

You Will Know Your Name

A few weeks shy of turning forty-years old, www.patheos.com/blogs/loveinshallah editor, writer Deonna Kelli Sayed, pens...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

For the love of music

It was really cold. I was starting to get annoyed. I was on the platform...

June 20, 2013

Yes, this is about marriage

Tell us we're being picky. Tell us there is no perfect man. Tell us our...

May 2013

May 16, 2013

Why I Don’t Compete in Love

In the past couple of years I’ve watched friends, former lovers and exes alike choose...

March 2013

March 13, 2013

Thoughts of a Wasat Girl: On Writing

Editor’s note: Writer and Love InshAllah anthology contributor Deonna Kelli Sayed is coming on board...

March 06, 2013

Baby, you’re a big girl now

Dear Emi, In a couple weeks’ time, I will be ironing a navy blue pinafore...

February 2013

February 20, 2013

On Silence

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

December 2012

December 21, 2012

Friday Love: Love, Alhamdulillah!

2012 – what a year! We started it with a love note to Jon Stewart...

November 2012

November 30, 2012

Friday Love – “Alif the Unseen”

One of the most wonderful and talented women we know, American Muslim author G. Willow...