Archive - Letters from a Muslim Woman

June 2025

I could have quit but I didn't (on failing and showing up anyway)

How it's going: June 2025

Jun 24 •

17 Years later, I found myself following The Artist's Way

Unfinished letter #26 (It's the inner work, stupid).

Jun 17 •

I have these memories

Today Mama and I stood at the kitchen stove, talking for hours while we took turns stirring the lentil soup, chopping and steaming and mashing carrots…

Jun 10 •

"Every step we take forward will illuminate our path a little more"

essayist & poet Noha Beshir on writing despite the chaos of life, the power of her Islamic meditation and mindfulness practices, and just starting…

Published on Be Where You Are • Jun 5

Names, a Segmented Essay from WAYF Journal

Unfinished letter #25

Jun 3 •

13:58

May 2025

a poem about anger

May 27 •

How It's Going: May 2025

A monthly update & round-up

May 20 •

"Yesterday, a child came into this world, and the world rejected her"

It has been 74 days since Israel started blocking all supplies from entering Gaza.

May 15 •

It turns out I AM cool. Now I just have to convince myself.

Unfinished letter #23

May 13 •

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