I Want ‘More’
Love, Inshallah welcomes back guest columnist Dilshad Ali for Mother’s Day. You ever have those moments where your love for your children surges up like a tidal wave, drowning you in overwhelming...
View ArticleSquishes and a Journey of Learning and Unlearning
Until a few years ago, I believed that I’d had exactly one crush in my life. It didn’t last very long, nothing came of it, and the man I had the feelings for never knew about it. In fact, it wasn’t...
View ArticleSilent Dhikr
1. My name is too long to fit into the tiny space of your mouth. 2. My God is too big to be affected by the pebbles you throw with your tongue. 3. I am too beautiful to care whether your sons are...
View ArticleLove, Sex & Dating After Converting to Islam
Ed. Note: Please welcome our newest writer Luca, whose column “Halal Since 22″ will be published the third Tuesday of every month. “You’re the nicest guy ever!” I’ve been called a lot of things by...
View ArticleGirl Bachelor
“I never shall be an old maid, because I have elected to be a Girl Bachelor. And as to regretting this choice, you know the saying of the philosopher, ‘whether you marry or not, you will regret it.’” –...
View ArticleMy Mother’s Minced Lamb
I finally dealt with what could have easily passed as a birds nest on my head and got my hair cut a couple weeks ago. I can just about tie it back, but spend the first few seconds of wakefulness...
View ArticleHip-Hop Hijabis: Spitting Rhymes About Being Muslim And Female
Muslim women’s hip-hop collective confronts stereotypes & breaks up the boys’ club: “We’re knowledgeable, we have rhymes, we have soul, and we have something to say.” – Alia Sharrief
View ArticleLove Letter to Single Sisters
Dear Single Sisters, Lately, I’ve run into a lot of fabulous, beautiful single women who can’t find someone brave enough to show up for them. I am one of those women, just like you. We are beautiful,...
View ArticleWho Mothers the Mother?
Because we are free women. born of free women, who are born of free women, back as time begins, we celebrate your freedom. Because we are wise women, born of wise women, who are born of wise women,...
View ArticleMy Iranian Breakup
When I was invited to speak at a conference in Iran, I was asked by the organizers to take as much of my digital footprint down as possible. I took down my first LoveinshAllah.com column “My Infidel...
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