Salon excerpted one of the most controversial stories from Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex & Intimacy. What do you think of the issues writer Maher Reham raises? You can also read Maher’s contributor spotlight on our website, here. Curious to read more stories from Salaam, Love? Order the book today! Read more
We are beautiful in every single way. Poet Savannah Brown breaks it down: “We live in a world where media pulls us from the womb, nurses us, and teaches us our first words: skinny pretty, skinny pretty….“ Read more
Tune into Salaam, Love contributor Haroon Moghul’s great interview with NPR Weekend Edition today. You can also read his story Prom, InshAllah online at the link! “I think for a lot of American Muslims, especially those of us who are in some kind of community role, we’re forced to become, for lack of a better term, professional Muslims. A lot of the things that I wanted to do with my life, I was unable to do, because I realized that as... Read more
The Washington Post just published a great write-up on Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex & Intimacy! “So much has been said about Muslim men, we thought it was time for them to tell their own stories in their own words about what’s important to them,” the editors said. “Salaam, Love” seeks to counter stereotypes of Muslim men by offering stories of men who bare their emotions, admit mistakes, bask in memories of true love, recall heartbreaks, and... Read more
A beautiful video profile of “Love, InshAllah” editor Ayesha Mattu & her husband Randy Nasson, who was also yesterday’s “Salaam, Love” featured contributor. Video credit and gratitude to Women of Spirit & Faith, Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Alison Fast and documentary filmmaker Chandler Griffin! Read more
Our new book, Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex & Intimacy, will be released on February 4th. In the lead up to the release, meet our 22 contributors. Today, meet Arif Choudhury! An excerpt from Arif’s story, “How Did I End up Here?”: If I was looking for the female version of me, why didn’t I date an American-born Bangladeshi Muslim girl? Because they were inaccessible. Growing up in the Bangladeshi community in Chicago, all of us boys and... Read more
Dear Love, InshAllah: I know this seems like a question everyone already seems to know, but both my wife and I ever really learned the etiquette of sex in terms of how to keep things clean (literally). What I mean is — is there a usual (or better, or sunnah) way to clean-up after relations? I don’t mean ghusl…but if one has relations with their spouse on the bed, how to keep the bed clean? I can’t believe that people... Read more
Our new book, Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex & Intimacy, will be released on February 4th. In the lead up to the release, meet our 22 contributors. Today, meet Randy Nasson! An excerpt from Randy’s story, “Becoming Family”: For years I kept my own family at arm’s length in pursuit of a fierce independence from intrusion, concern, guilt, or anything that would complicate my pursuit of self-indulgence. I was always looking for a good opportunity or a good... Read more
He had no shame. I think that made the situation worse. I asked him the question I have asked most brothers I am interested in. “Have you been in any relationships outside of your previous marriage?” He looked at me and nodded. Sadly, it didn’t surprise me because this seemed to be the reality for a majority of brothers my friends and I encountered. Brothers who acted a hot stakin’ mess… Sex before marriage, babies out of wedlock and not even... Read more
Our new book, Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex & Intimacy, will be released on February 4th. In the lead up to the release, meet our 22 contributors. Today, meet Dan I. Oversaw! An excerpt from Dan’s story, “Our Way Lies Together”: Until Muna, I had been in retreat. I had been thinking of leaving grad school, of going home to Boston. Life outside of my college cocoon had rubbed me raw. It was all the usual stuff, I... Read more
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