It’s that time of year – congratulations to all the 2013 graduates! We send you our very best wishes and the wise words of the late, great David Foster Wallace whose brilliant commencement speech has been turned into this gorgeous short film. This is water from Kai Funabashi on Vimeo. Read more
Ed. note: Today our columnists are answering two similar questions that came in within days of one another. Dear Love InshAllah, I am happily married, and have been so for the past six years. Our sex drives, though, were never compatible; last year we had a very open and loving discussion where I suggested that he might be asexual. After some consideration, he agreed. Sex wasn’t very often (maybe 1-2 times a year) but now it is nothing. I’m not... Read more
It starts at home. I’m doing the dishes and listening to a podcast. I’m about to rinse off when my brother walks through the front door. “About time,” I think. Salman’s been gone for a while and I was beginning to wonder when he was coming back. We put on some tea, sit down and watch an old episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, making fun of Worf during the commercials. That’s when I wake up. I have this... Read more
Rounding out our weekend of awesome women: 27-year-old Raha Moharrak made history by becoming the first Saudi woman to conquer Mount Everest yesterday. Moharrak’s ascent is the latest step in changing attitudes towards women and sports in Saudi Arabia. The kingdom fielded its first female Olympians at the 2012 Games and officially permitted sports in private girls schools for the first time earlier this month. Read more at CNN. Meet two more awesome women after the jump! (more…) Read more
Afghan Air Force 2nd Lt. Niloofar Rhmani made history May 14, 2013 when she became the first female in over 30 years to successfully complete undergraduate pilot training and earn the status of pilot. She will continue her service as she joins the Kabul Air Wing as a Cessna 208 pilot. Read more
We love artist Saba Barnard’s portraits, including her current project “An-Noor” a series of paintings of American Muslim women. In an interview with The Aerogram, Saba speaks about her artistic perspective which draws from her experiences growing up Pakistani and Muslim in Raleigh, North Carolina: “A first generation Pakistani-American woman, I was confronted by my ‘otherness’ from a very young age. As a brown-skinned, big-haired, mosque-going, curry-eating, mustached girl who couldn’t date, eat bacon, or wear shorts, I was the... Read more
In the past couple of years I’ve watched friends, former lovers and exes alike choose people to boo up with and partner up with. Some I’ve been surprised by, others made sense to me. Real talk, it doesn’t matter what I think at the end of the day. If you like it, I love it. I could ask why someone chooses one person over another person but I don’t think there’s any real rhyme or reason. It’s like asking why... Read more
Zainab Chaudary is Love Inshallah’s resident geek. Look for her column, “The Geekologist” every third Wednesday of the month! First rule of Fight Club: you do not talk about Fight Club. First rule of Browncoats: aim to misbehave. First rule of Whovians: you never forget your first Doctor. Every geek has a poison of choice. Yes, you can fan out over multiple shows and let your mind wander the ‘verse of “Firefly” or the final frontiers of “Star Trek.” But there’s... Read more
(Noorjahan Akbar – Photo by Alex Motiuk) Hello sir, I do not know your name, but you passed by me a week after Eid-ul-Fetr in the Bazaar in Kabul. You might remember me. I was the young woman wearing a white scarf and a long red embroidered tunic with dark pants. I was standing by a vegetable stand and bargaining the price of fresh mint when you passed me and nonchalantly pinched my bottom. I turned red. The old man... Read more
Worship To kiss is to make ablution, cleansing the naked heart and preparing the shivering soul The hands when they rise and fall, moving over waist and hips, push away doubt To open the thighs in love is the first prayer on the eve of the holiest night of a thousand months (more…) Read more
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