Title:
Love, InshAllah : the secret love lives of American Muslim women / edited by Ayesha Mattu & Nura Maznavi.
Author:
Mattu, Ayesha.
Maznavi, Nura.
Publication Information:
Berkeley, CA : Soft Skull Press, ©2012.
Call Number:
HQ525 .I8 L68 2012
Abstract:
In this groundbreaking collection, American Muslim women writers sweep aside stereotypes to share their real-life tales of flirting, dating, longing, and sex. Their stories show just how varied the search for love can be from singles' events and college flirtations to arranged marriages, all with a uniquely Muslim twist. These heartfelt tales are filled with passion and hope, loss and longing. One follows the quintessential single woman in the big city as she takes a chance on a Muslim speed-dating event. Another tells of a shy student from a liberal college town who falls in love online and must reveal her secret to her conservative family. A third recounts a Southern girl who surprises herself by agreeing to an arranged marriage, unexpectedly finding the love of her life. These compelling stories of love and romance create an irresistible balance of heart-warming and tantalizing, always revealing and deeply relatable.
ISBN:
9781593764289
Physical Description:
xi, 307 pages ; 21 cm
Contents:
Allahu Alirn: In Search of the Beloved: Leap of Faith / Aisha C. Saeed ; Love in the Time of Biohazards / Melody Moezzi ; A Prayer Answered / Tolu Adiba ; Love at Third Sight / Patricia M. G. Dunn ; Wild Wind / Nijla Baseema Mu'min ; The Opening / Ayesha Mattu ; Punk-Drunk Love / Tanzila Ahmed -- Alif: Where It All Begins: The Birds, the Bees, and My Hole / Zahra Noorbakhsh ; Sex by Any Other Name / Insiya Ansari ; Otherwise Engaged / Huda Al-Marashi ; The First Time / Najva Sol ; The Hybrid Dance / Chinyere Obimba -- International Habibti: Love Overseas: Love in the Andes / Angela Collins Telles ; Last Night on the Island / Nura Maznavi ; Even Muslim Girls Get the Blues / Deonna Kelli Sayed ; Rerouting / Leila N. Khan ; So I Married a Farangi / Nour Gamal -- Third Time's the Naseeb: Loving After Loss: Three / Asiila Imani ; A Journey of Two Hearts / J. Samia Mair ; From Shalom to Salaam / S. E. Jihad Levine -- You've Got Ayat: Finding Love Online: Cyberlove / Lena Hassan ; Kala Love / Suzanne Syeda Shah ; Brain Meets Heart / Aida Rahim ; A Cairene Kind of Love / Molly Elian Carlson ; It Will Be Beautiful / Yasmine Khan.
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