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Welcome to the College Experience

College is right around the corner for the new freshman of 2010. It’s also not that far off for the class of 2011 either. It’s a very [...]

Physical Abuse in Relationships – Legal Advice for Immigrant Victims

If you are an immigrant victim of spousal abuse, you can still get a Green Card without any help from your U.S. citizen or Green Card holder [...]

Communication in Marraige

Interview with Dr. Sarah Sayeed Dr. Sarah Sayeed is a communication consultant and researcher based in NYC. Q What are some topics that spouses should engage in [...]

Achieving Spousal Peace

Interview with Sohaib Sultan Sohaib Sultan is the full-time Muslim Chaplain at Princeton University. Q The latest method of meeting a soul mate has been through networking [...]

Parenting in the Information Age

Interview with Sh. Ali Sulieman Ali Sh. Ali Sulieman Ali is member of ICNA Shariah Council and Director of Muslim Family Services, an ICNA Relief Project Q [...]

Choices

“I have been married for seven years. My marriage is still not consummated. My husband is not interested in having an intimate relationship. I would like to [...]

BANK ON IT: Thrifty Couples Are the Happiest

Over the course of the last two decades, Americans — especially younger adults — went on a credit card-enabled binge, accumulating billions in consumer debt. For example, [...]

The Great Recession’s Silver Lining?

The 2009 edition of The State of Our Unions makes clear that money matters for marriage. Income, employment, debt, assets, and the division of household labor all [...]

Raising Children With Deen & Duniya

I still vividly remember the first night I spent by myself in the hospital after delivering my eldest son Shaan. The guests were gone for the day, [...]

Family Life in Islam

The late Imam Apha-Him Jobe served on the ICNA National Shura. He was widely known across Muslim communities in North America for his taqwa, humility, knowledge, and [...]