Everyone knows that sex in marriage is halal, so why do so many Muslim women struggle with it? From reluctance to guilt, and even shame –...
While discussing an emotionally-heavy issue, my therapist brought up the point that in life we can reach a point of acceptance in regards to our difficult...
We often hear that men think about sex way more than women, but is that true? And if it’s not true, then what effect does this...
Are Muslim women with sexual demands becoming “hypersexual,” being negatively influenced by life in a Western, post-sexual revolution society? Allah made both men and women sexual,...
I grew up in a small rural village of a developing country during the 1950s and 1960s within a wider ‘extended’ family environment amidst many village...
By Elham Saif, Sarrah AbuLughod and Wahida Abaza Fariha just started her freshman year at university. Overnight, she was separated from her support system of family...
Female sexual nature and female sexual desires are often misunderstood, especially among Muslims. There are some classes and seminars by Muslim speakers that offer advice to...
“To lose one parent is misfortune. To lose both looks like carelessness.” – Oscar Wilde If I am to take Mr Wilde’s words to heart, I’ve...
The vast majority of Muslim men will be horrified by these stories and recognize how inappropriate and un-Islamic it is to contact any woman in a...
The way most Muslims (as well as conservative Christians and Jews) live, a man asks for a woman’s hand in marriage from the father. The father...
