Aliyah’s Choice: The LA Times’ Profile of a Lesbian Muslim
It wasn’t but several years ago when a Google search for “gay Muslims” or “lesbian Muslims” turned up few results on actual people, mainly just pages on why homosexuality is a sin in Islam and perhaps...
View ArticleBuilding Ramadan Traditions, Then and Now
When I chose Islam, almost a decade ago, I did not have much experience with fasting. I had grown up in not a very diverse environment and my experience with the Lent was very limited, coming from a...
View ArticleSolitude and Family: The Best of Both Worlds
As a child, I once visited my aunt in her husband’s house during Ramadan. She had dark circles around her eyes due to lack of sleep, and she was haggard and toiling in the kitchen. She told us that her...
View ArticleMy “Anti-Social” Ramadan
I moved from India to the USA two months back, and my life has completely changed, as expected. Before Ramadan started, because of the very long days and the fact that I was the primary caretaker of my...
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