Congratulations to American Muslim filmmaker and writer Nijla Mu’min on her new film Deluge! Check out the trailer below and website, here. Nijla Mu’min is a writer and filmmaker from the San Francisco Bay Area. She is a 2007 graduate of UC Berkeley, and also attended Howard University’s MFA Film Program, where she was the recipient of the 2009 Paul Robeson Award for Best Feature Screenplay. She is a dual-degree MFA student in Film Directing and Writing at Calarts. Her... Read more
Heart, be brave. If you cannot be brave, just go! Love’s glory is not a small thing. -Rumi After I got married and the babies came, I would get up some mornings full of envy. I was inundated with frustration regarding my identity: how I wanted to be defined and what I wanted to be known for. In my mind, I’d start a long list of comparisons between ‘me’ and ‘them’ in which I always came up short. She is... Read more
A “Wasat Girl” embraces being in-between multiple cultures, because this transcultured space is globalism living out loud. It was where culture happens, the place of power, that middle space – “wasat” culture I am at a coffee shop sitting across from a man far younger than any of my previous coffee companions. “I don’t know much about Islam,” he says. “Whatever you know, it probably isn’t right,” I comment. “So,” he asks. “On a scale of 1-10, just how... Read more
We’re loving this Tumblr page, The Single Muslimah – full of hilarious gifs and spot on observations about the curious, confusing and oftentimes amusing experience of being a single Muslim woman. We especially love this post “When a prospective writes that he doesn’t like to read.” Read more
(They will be) on couches inlaid Reclining on them, facing each other Round about them (serving), eternal boys With goblets, beakers, and cups (filled) from clear-flowing fountains No after-ache will they receive therefrom, nor will they suffer intoxication And with fruits that they may select And the meat of fowls, any that they may desire And Companions with beautiful, big, and lustrous eyes, Like unto pearls, well-guarded. -Quran: Al-Waqiah, 15-23 * (more…) Read more
Ed note: Introducing our second monthly columnist, Aisha Saeed: mama, writer, lawyer and contributor to the Love InshAllah anthology. It’s been a while since I last took Waleed to storytime. I need to take him. But its during his nap time. But he needs social interaction. Bad mom if I do, bad mom if I don’t. I changed his clothes, put on his shoes, strapped him in the car seat and headed to the library. As I opened his door to... Read more
SUPPLEMENTAL CALL FOR STORIES: Muslim Men on Love, Sex & Intimacy You heard from the ladies in Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women, now it’s time to hear from the men! Announcing a call for non-fiction, personal stories by American Muslim men on love & loss, sex & intimacy for publication by Beacon Press, February 2014. This is our 2nd call for stories – in response to requests, we’ve extended the deadline for American Muslim men of all ethnic/racial... Read more
Rajae means “stronger than hope, less than will” in Arabic. Rajae’s artistic path is based on three foundations: adventure, discipline and faith. At the age of four this young Muslim woman discovered the love of music and has been blossoming ever since. At the age of 16, she was the first North African to be admitted into the Dutch Conservatory, and the first Muslim woman to start her own record label, Truthseeker Records, at the age of 25. She honors... Read more
Dear Love InshAllah, I am a single virgin woman in my late twenties who has always had a high sex drive. I have been in healthy relationships in the past. I am generally happy and confident with myself and have developed an understanding of my sexual preferences. But unless I’m busy and content with life (which is not often!) I am often preoccupied with sex. I masturbate regularly and have learned to respect and love my sexuality, but I feel... Read more
Last year, while I was interning in New York City and commuting via public transit daily, I had an awkward moment on the subway. An older Muslim woman noticed my Palestinian-flag bracelet and spoke to me in Arabic, asking me my age, origins (French and Moroccan), my parents’ work and then mine. When I told her that I was an intern, she said, “Wow, your husband let you travel from Europe for a three-month internship?” I answered, “I’m not married,... Read more
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