The Phoenix Nest: Faith and Feminine Fire

 The Muslim Ummah has spent the last several years celebrating the rise and success of MMA fighter Khabib Normagomedov, a Muslim Daghestanti...

 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...

 Social media is rife with complaints about how young Muslim men and women today aren’t ready for marriage, aren’t responsible enough for ma...

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

 "Are there more men or women in Jannah?" is a question that Muslims have been asking since the time of the Companions of RasulAll...

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

Motherhood is so beautiful, women are told, even before they have become women. Motherhood is what we are meant for. Motherhood is part and...

Have you ever had that moment where, all of a sudden, you remember something that you said or did in the past, the severity of which you o...

“Watch out for the Haraam Police!” It’s only half a joke - where even just recently the term “haraam policing” applied to over-zealous ma...

Motherhood is so beautiful, women are told, even before they have become women. Motherhood is what we are meant for. Motherhood is part and...

Once upon a time, it was extremely difficult for English-speaking Muslims to find good books – fiction and non-fiction alike – that was cat...

Last night, we held the first-ever student recognition ceremony for our madrasah - specifically, for the twenty kids who had made huge stri...

Roses are red, violets are blue, You need to do wudhu. Because you stink. ... I dream about you every night... When I forget to recite...

Over the last year, I have finally been slipping into motherhood proper, the term feeling less awkward, my heart feeling surer about itself...

Some days, I wake with fire in my bones and on my tongue, words crackling like sparks ready to burst into flame, and revolution is at my fi...

A list of Muslamic fiction (and some non-fiction) recommendations from yours truly! Alif the Unseen The Bird King The Night Counter Th...

“Bismillaahir’Rahmaan arRaheem… Ithaa waqa’ati’l waaqi’ah…” On a small boat in the ocean, a lone man stood in prayer, bearded and regal ...

eaching madrasah is not glamorous work. Frankly, it can be tedious & exhausting. It is also deeply emotional - a wild ride of being inve...

(Almost) every month, I have a q & a column with AboutIslam.net, under their Ask a Counselor section. Here's the latest (where I ve...