The stories were chosen based on how compelling, heart breaking, hopeful and/or honest they were. The 25 stories they chose for the collection come from writers who for the most part have never published their work before. Out for just two months, it is already going into its fourth printing and there is interest in Indonesia, Italy and the Middle East in translating the book and creating new anthologies unique to readers there.Ĭo-editors Ayesha Mattu, an international development consultant and writer, and Nura Maznavi, a civil rights attorney and author, are the brains behind this ground-breaking anthology. The anthology has garnered attention from the New York Times, the BBC, NPR, The Guardian, Times of India, Alhurra TV, Pakistan's Dawn and many more. If you're looking for a fresh conversation on love, Islam and gender led by Muslim American women, look no further than this new book. Code).Love, InshAllah, (Love, God Willing) a brand new anthology of personal stories about love and relationships, gives Muslim American women a chance to tell their stories themselves. This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S. Nura’s third love-after food and traveling-is California, where she was raised and lives currently. Nura is working on a screenplay and several short stories. She has worked with migrant workers in Sri Lanka, on behalf of prisoners in California, and with a national legal advocacy organization leading a program to end racial and religious profiling. Nura Maznavi is a civil rights attorney, writer, and Fulbright Scholar. She lives with her husband and son in Northern California. Ayesha is working on a memoir about losing faith and finding love from which The Opening is excerpted inLove, InshAllah. She was selected a Muslim Leader of Tomorrow by the UN Alliance of Civilizations and the ASMA Society in 2009. Her writing has appeared in the International Museum of Women, Religion Dispatches, The Huffington Post and the award-winning blog, Rickshaw Diaries. Romance, dating, sex and – Muslim women? In this groundbreaking collection, 25 writers sweep aside stereotypes to share their search for love and speak openly for the first time about love, relationships, sexuality, gender, identity, homophobia, and racism.Īyesha Mattu is a writer and international development consultant.

Love, InshAllah by Nura Maznavi