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Forgive me Allah for I have sinned
Please welcome writer Eren Cervantes-Altamirano whose column Flirting with Fate and other Disasters of an Intersectional Muslimah will appear the first Thursday of every month. Her piece below, written...
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Dater in Training
Dating is like a blank page. One that, as a writer, I have to contemplate for a little while before beginning. Apparently, one also has to be “trained” in dating. A friend of mine told me that it takes...
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A Year and a Broken Heart
I keep telling myself that Allah has a plan for me. I don’t doubt it… but that human instinct that drives me towards impatience is quite prominent these days. I was 16 when I had my first experience...
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60 Minutes: The Scary Side of Online Dating and the Crisis of Masculinity
Eds. Note: This post deals with heterosexual abuse focusing on violence against women in online dating. He started off aggressively. I got the sense that he felt threatened for some reason. It was only...
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Throwing tantrums at God
I must admit. I am angry… angry at God. I know… not very orthodox of me. But why in the world would I be put through this? I already lost the partner I had planned to spend the rest of my life with; I...
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Beyond the First Time: Feeling Safe, Loved and Desired
This post addresses heterosexual and cissexual dating and sexuality. There is a lot of talk about the first sexual experience in the context of Muslim marriage. From advice on what to do, the halal and...
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Good Enough
My parents were visiting. My mother and I had previously discussed love and relationships while traveling together to a conference because surprisingly (not really) Indigenous activist/academic women...
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Allah owes me simple & happy
We often sit around the shisha for long conversations. The seven of us blow smoke and think through life together. There are days when the puffing conceals our loud laughter over topics that should...
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