www.patheos.com/blogs/loveinshallah & Rad Brown Dads celebrate #DadsofColor, father figures & #MuslimLove for Father’s Day in this beautiful video tribute featuring photos submitted by our wonderful readers. Share & celebrate! For more stories by Muslim men, check out “Salaam, Love”! Read more
How are Muslim men approaching marriage in our times? How do women feel about their approach? How much are we talking past one another rather than with one another? What expectations do we have for each gender, and how in-sync with reality are they? Great video by Nushmia Khan/Zujaja Creative! Read more
Don’t look for it. It will find you. And if it doesn’t, your aunties on your mother’s side will find it for you in the form of a young Muslim girl, probably the daughter of a doctor or a lawyer, likely the last sister in her family to be unwed. She will be cute, but not the cutest, they will say, but she’s a good, pious girl. We will all be invited for chai one day at her mansion in... Read more
1. Lately, I think in the shape of maps. Cartography is a relevant metaphor as my boundaries are bending yet again. My tongue wags in the direction of due East. I am revisiting old languages while my writing hand rests. 2. The immigrants gather together in my coffee shop, no matter the country of their origin. They call personal grammars from the air. The Persians gesture with palms towards the heavens; the Arabs stretch arms out wide as if to catch... Read more
I had the moment my future husband would see me in my wedding dress all planned out. Although it wasn’t necessarily a Middle Eastern tradition, he’d be waiting for me at the end of an aisle. I’d walk in with my father, and upon seeing me in all my bridal glory, he had had one of the following options: a) cry with manly restraint b) open his mouth wide with surprise before breaking into a smile of wild, uncontained joy... Read more
Divine Secret Revealed Abdullah Abdur-Rahim September 6, 1943-March 1, 1982 39 years old The Divine placed a secret on the forehead of my father, inverted it so only those who look beyond his facade can discern what is embossed there, those who stop a minute, pause and look deeply into the tenderness of his eyes; (more…) Read more
Please participate & share! We’re celebrating dads/father figures for #FathersDay! Email/tweet us your fave picture of your dad, a dad you admire, or a father figure for our slideshow at info [at] loveinshAllah DOT com, or @LoveinshAllah by Wednesday, June 11th.. Read more
Food, Love & Memories is a bimonthly column devoted to the evocative connections between the heart, food & soul. We invite you to share your story+recipe for future columns. More details here. I’m sitting on the couch with my eyes open in amazement. Today, it’s just my grandmother and I. She sings and she peels the potatoes she will eventually throw in the dough to make pita. It’s the first time she’s going to make pita for me. I have been waiting... Read more
Three years just doesn’t have the same ring to it as one month, or one year, or two. At three years, you are supposed to be better. You are supposed to be healed. You are supposed to forget. Three years is a long time. It’s dismissive. Less empathetic. Condolences are non-existent and hugs are shorter. I almost didn’t believe it. I had to look at the calendar and count backwards because it was unbelievable to me that so much time... Read more
www.patheos.com/blogs/loveinshallah Call For Submissions: #MuslimYouthRising Format: Non-fiction, fiction, poetry, and art, including multimedia work Deadline: All submissions must be emailed to [email protected]/blogs/loveinshallah by July 1, 2014. *** This August, www.patheos.com/blogs/loveinshallah is celebrating Muslim youth perspectives (18 -25 years old) for Muslim Youth Rising. We want to hear your ideas in essays (600 – 1,200 words), fiction, poetry, art and multimedia (video, audio, new media) on topics including: Love Faith Marriage Mosque/community cultures Family Your place in the world Your hopes... Read more
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