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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 25, 2012

Learning womanhood

It wasn’t until I had sex that I truly saw myself as a woman. Gender...

October 18, 2012

The importance of romance

Reading Love, Inshallah inspired me to reflect on my own relationships, some of which I...

October 03, 2012

Delusions of Grandeur

Our wonderful contributor Huda Al-Marashi pens this hilarious piece for The Rumpus in which...

May 2012

May 17, 2012

Press PAUSE

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

May 15, 2012

My personal jihad

When I think of my father sometimes I think of hot links- the halal ones...

May 09, 2012

It is our time

"It's our time." She says, and I nod. I'm in Brooklyn, chatting with a Muslim...

May 08, 2012

Properly in love

“How many times have you been properly in love?” It’s a question that Piers Morgan,...

April 2012

April 12, 2012

I found love online – what will my daughter find?

It has been 18 years since I met my husband online. Now my 13-year-old daughter...

April 10, 2012

Loving after loss

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

March 2012

March 21, 2012

Media roundup: Magazines, radio, and TV! Oh my!

We continue to be amazed and thrilled by media coverage of Love, InshAllah. We took...

March 20, 2012

How to buy a house. Or marry a girl.

I suppose the best way to classify how K and I met would be through...

March 15, 2012

The Power is in the Telling

This is my story. This is the one I tell. This is how I ended...

February 2012

February 09, 2012

“Powerful and relevant” stories

Muslimah Media Watch reviews Love InshAllah: "For some writers, Love InshAllah is about reconciling their American Muslim...

February 08, 2012

Spotlight: Patricia Dunn, author, writing instructor, and Love InshAllah contributor!

Our 23rd & final contributor spotlight! We hope you've enjoyed hearing from our wonderful writers!...

February 07, 2012

Spotlight: Nour Gamal, global nomad, translator and Love, InshAllah contributor!

An excerpt from Nour's story, "So I Married a Farangi": "My parents are observant Muslims...

February 06, 2012

Spotlight: Lena Hassan, writer and Love InshAllah contributor!

Lena Hassan has wanted to be a writer since the age of 10, but turned...

February 03, 2012

Spotlight: J. Samia Mair, attorney, writer and Love, InshAllah contributor!

An excerpt from J. Samia Mair's story, "A Journey of Two Hearts":"Mike and I were...

February 02, 2012

Stories that “transcend stereotypical conceptions”

Arts, culture and politics journal The Brooklyn Rail reviews Love, InshAllah: "...the stories transcend stereotypical...

February 02, 2012

Spotlight: Insiya Ansari, writer and Love InshAllah contributor!

Insiya Ansari is a writer who was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. An...

February 01, 2012

Spotlight: Nijla Mu’min, poet, filmmaker, and Love InshAllah contributor!

Nijla Mu'min is a writer and filmmaker currently attending CalArts graduate Writing and Film Directing...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

Spotlight: Deonna Kelli Sayed, writer, ghost hunter, and Love InshAllah contributor!

Deonna Kelli Sayed lived in Bahrain for several years where she conducted creative writing workshops,...

January 30, 2012

Spotlight: Aisha Saeed, attorney, teacher, and Love InshAllah contributor!

Aisha Saeed is an attorney, teacher, and currently a stay-at-home-mom with her beautiful twenty-month-old son Waleed....

January 28, 2012

‘A candid, courageous & soul-stirring collection’

Book blogger A Muslimah Writes offers a detailed review of Love InshAllah, calling it "a remarkably candid,...

January 27, 2012

NYT: ‘Lifting Veil on Love and Islam’

Co-editors Ayesha Mattu & Nura Maznavi welcome readers from the New York Times article "In...

January 27, 2012

Spotlight: Najva Sol, writer, multimedia artist, and Love InshAllah contributor!

Najva Sol was born in Maryland, then moved to Iran for a few years in...

January 26, 2012

Spotlight: Asiila Imani, doula, writer and Love InshAllah contributor!

Asiila Imani was raised an "army brat," the eldest of three of a career army...

January 25, 2012

Spotlight: Safiyyah Levine, artist, prison chaplain, and Love InshAllah contributor!

S.E. Jihad (Safiyyah) Levine is the daughter of Polish immigrants. Her father's family were Ashkenazi...

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...

January 23, 2012

Spotlight: Suzanne Shah, poet, med student and Love InshAllah contributor!

An excerpt from Suzanne Shah's story, "Kala Love": "Mika’il was a search result. Literally. When...