50/50: Should you split finances with your spouse?
If you’re a reality t.v. fan, you may have watched Love Is Blind-UK edition last fall with great interest. It was an entertaining mess which concluded in very few couples...
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Is it Lust or Love? Signs your feelings are real
If you’re like me, you didn’t talk to boys with heart-shaped eyes until you were ready to get married. And if that’s the case, your experience trying to decide between...
“Stalking”: Getting to Know Someone, Before Getting to Know Them
Getting to know someone for the first time requires more than just casual conversation—it demands careful observation. I use the term "stalking" here not in the negative sense, but as...
“Flirt to Convert”: Is the Solution to the Marriage Crisis Marrying Reverts?
We’ve all seen it happen. Timmy turns into Mohammad, or Allie becomes Aisha. With just a few short sentences uttered, non-Muslims can become Muslims. But how? How did the All-American...
A Room of One’s Own: The Case for Moving Out Before Marriage
One of the great female writers of the twentieth century, Virginia Wolf, wrote an essay titled “A Room of One’s Own,” in which she argues that female writers must have...
There is More to Marriage, than Marriage
Marriage has become a trending topic in the Muslim community, particularly the pressure to marry young. This idea often foregoes the completion of one’s education, finding a stable income, or...
Let’s Talk About Poly
In every community across the U.S, there is a married Muslim man on the hunt for a second wife. Though it’s still a bit taboo to openly discuss, there are...
Where are the eligible Muslim bachelors?
If you’re a twenty-something or thirty-something Muslim woman I can bet you the most frequently asked question in your friend-circle is: why is it so hard to get married? It’s...
Short Kings: Won’t you give him a chance?
There’s one characteristic that every woman looks for when she’s searching for her dream man. You might think it has something to do with a stable income, a good job,...
Five love languages in the Sunnah
The question "What is your love language?" is often asked when we want to deepen our understanding of someone and improve our ability to love them. The renowned book, "The...
Navigating Halal “Dating”
To be clear, there is no such thing as dating in Islam, but in the Western world, approaching love and marriage in a halal manner can be difficult and confusing...
Seeking Marriage: Invoking Allah's Names
It looks like the issue of marriage has become one of the main concerns within Muslim community. Especially in this generation where the concept of marriage and weddings are heavily...
The Isms Project - A photo series documenting the Muslim Marriage Crisis from the perspective of Muslim Women
When I was little, I loved playing dress up with my sister. We wouldn’t just borrow my mother’s oversized jackets and high heels, but we would take scarves, blankets and...