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A book cover of an Indian woman in a pink sari with the words "The Marriage Clock" written above her is side by side with the picture of the author, an Indian woman with brown hair wearing a green sweater.
A book cover of an Indian woman in a pink sari with the words "The Marriage Clock" written above her is side by side with the picture of the author, an Indian woman with brown hair wearing a green sweater.

Is getting married always a race against the clock? Find out in “The Marriage Clock”

Bisma Parvez
A girl with brown skin and dark hair reclines on a bed, holding three roses.
A girl with brown skin and dark hair reclines on a bed, holding three roses.

Reading happily ever afters don’t always ruin your relationships

Hebah Uddin
A woman stares at a man in disbelief, while he its next to her, with his tie undone and a cigarette in his mouth
A woman stares at a man in disbelief, while he its next to her, with his tie undone and a cigarette in his mouth

Here’s why marriage can seem difficult when you’ve been independent 

Bisma Parvez
[Image description: Indian wedding via Unsplash]
[Image description: Indian wedding via Unsplash]

Here’s why interfaith marriages in India continue to raise eyebrows

Mariyam Raza Haider

The day I got my first period happened weeks before I started college

Anonymous

Stop telling me that I’m “not like other Muslims”

Zara Asad
[Image description: Woman sits on the floor, looking down.] via Unsplash
[Image description: Woman sits on the floor, looking down.] via Unsplash

This is why my Muslim community says I have depression

Anonymous

My best friend’s disappeared – all because of her father

Momina Naveed

My marriage isn’t doomed to fail just because my parents divorced – so why do people say it is?

Syjil Ashraf

Muslim immigrants are obsessed with earning that MD, JD, and PhD, and it’s totally un-Islamic

Syjil Ashraf

I’m not going to get married just because you think my engagement is taking “too long”

Syjil Ashraf

Make sure you don’t get married too quickly, because he might not be a real Prince Charming

Syjil Ashraf
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