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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...

November 01, 2012

Dating in Iran

My first long-term relationship was with an Iranian woman I met shortly after arriving for...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

Unexpected prayer

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

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 17, 2012

College life — debunked

It's the fall after my first year in college. Honestly, I don't know how I...

October 04, 2012

Confessions of a recovering sex addict

The note hanging above my desk reads: “Love is the answer.” I look at it...

September 2012

September 19, 2012

Chasing life

“You need to dress sexier,” a friend in New York says, "Show some skin, go...

September 13, 2012

Leaving an abusive marriage

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

September 06, 2012

My Deadline Dilemma

My life is all about deadlines. As an up-and-coming journalist, I can’t function without a...

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 09, 2012

Finding my spirituality

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

June 2012

June 26, 2012

Love in the time of cancer

Trauma impacts a person in ways they don’t really realize themselves until much later. Real...

May 2012

May 23, 2012

The Last Virgin

I'm going to die a virgin. Possibly. If I died tomorrow. Or maybe a couple...

May 17, 2012

Press PAUSE

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

May 10, 2012

Just another Muslim couple

Walking down the street, you watch the stereotypical Muslim Arab couple as they pass by...

March 2012

March 30, 2012

Friday love – review of the week

Brother Sulaimon, currently in prison in Angola, Louisiana, passed along his review of Love, InshAllah:...

March 29, 2012

Will Allah listen?

I am a thirty-something Pakistani Muslim girl living in Canada’s capital. I have never written...

March 13, 2012

Guest blog for us!

We'll be featuring guest posts from our contributors starting this week. We'd also love to...