The Phoenix Nest: Faith and Feminine Fire

 In 2007, at the brash, naive, and frankly moronic age of 16, I penned a scathing review of Mohja Kahf’s novel “The Girl in the Tangerine Sc...

 In the second decade of the 21st century in America, Muslims consider themselves “as American as apple pie,” don American-flag hijabs, and ...

In the second decade of the 21st century in America, Muslims consider themselves “as American as apple pie,” don American-flag hijabs, and ...

The Ruins of Us, by Keina Petersson, is a novel that follows the story of an American expat woman married to a Saudi man, who secretly marr...

The Making of a Salafi Muslim Woman: Paths to Conversion - written by Dr. Anabel Inge "The Making of a Salafi Muslim Woman" be...

As a “born Muslim,” it feels odd to be reviewing a book titled “The New Muslim’s Field Guide” - but at the same time, I deeply appreciate ...

Last night, I was able to attend the book launch in San Francisco for "Good Girls Marry Doctors: South Asian American Daughters on Ob...

POLYGYNY IS THE  pink elephant in the room for so many Muslims – a topic both titillating and embarrassing, one that comes up in questions...

“I am Nur, daughter of Firdaus and Yusuf… I live where I was born, in Toronto, Canada, with my Turkish-Muslim mother.” These ar...

“How big is Allah?” is a question that my four year old daughter has asked me before, and a question I always struggled to answer in a w...

As an avid reader with a special interest in Muslim fiction, I jump at the chance to read and review the newest books on the market, espec...

Ruqayyah Y Khan's article-turned-book "Did A Woman Edit the Qur'an? Hafsah and Her Codex" has garnered some amount of at...