Marriage & Family
1 min
What Nobody Tells You About Muslim Marriage
Our first year nearly ended because of the wedding guest list. What saved us was an imam who understood listening instead of lecturing.
Revert journeys. Identity struggles. Faith found, lost, and found again. Unfiltered voices from your brothers and sisters across the world.
In Egypt, a divorced woman is a tragedy. I decided to be a plot twist instead.
Our first year nearly ended because of the wedding guest list. What saved us was an imam who understood listening instead of lecturing.
Everyone in my jehovah's witness community thought I'd lost my mind. I'd never been more sane.
Fasting while working 12-hour shifts in Baghdad tested everything I thought I knew about community.
People keep asking me to choose between my culture and my faith. I refuse.
In Egypt, a divorced woman is a tragedy. I decided to be a plot twist instead.
I spent 30 years searching for meaning in atheist. Then a patient changed everything.
My mother-in-law wanted gold. My mother gave her a daughter with a master's degree. Neither of them was happy.
Our first year nearly ended because of where to live. What saved us was an imam who understood honest communication.
They said wearing my kufi would hold me back in media. I wore it anyway. They took me seriously regardless.
People say autism makes prayer difficult. I say Islam’s structure is the most autistic-friendly religion on earth.
My grandfather survived Srebrenica. My Islam is built on his silence — the things he never says but prays about every night.
Our first year nearly ended because of where to live. What saved us was an imam who understood listening instead of lecturing.