Belonging

Costco runs with Baba

On errand visits and grocery shopping as self-care

Oct 22 •

Arab stereotypes are true, just not the ones you think

An interlude for laughter

Oct 1 •

Tell me you have boys

from girl-sister to boy-mom, part two

Sep 3 •

Highlights from the Silk Road Lit Fest

and my full, full heart.

Aug 20 •

Why I won't call him Mo: thoughts on soccer star Mohamed Salah and the most common name in the world

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Aug 6 •

Tell me you have sisters

from girl-sister to boy-mom, part one

Jul 23 •

The cake that got away (and other delicious things I ate in Montreal)

I like to think that I lived a cosmopolitan life in Montreal.

Jul 9 •

12 Posts from 12 Months of Letters from a Muslim Woman

Hello and Salaams, my friends!

Jun 25 •

Alice Munro, CanLit, and Double Consciousness

Update: Several weeks after I published this post, Alice Munro’s daughter, Andrea Skinner, told the world of the fact that her stepfather had sexually…

Jun 13 •

Why I can't go back to where I came from

About 10 days ago, a very cool thing happened to me, followed almost immediately by an awful thing.

May 28 •

Minority Eid Report

Letters from a Muslim Woman is an email newsletter exploring the joys and challenges of life as a Muslim woman.

Apr 16 •

Insha Allah vs. Masha Allah - a Guide to Muslim Vernacular

If you’ve spent any time around a group of English speaking Muslims, you may have noticed that our sentences are peppered with Arabic phrases.

Apr 2 •

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