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Rob Nash, of Holy Cross Sucks!
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f e a t u r e s

Afdhere Jama talks to Rob "Salim" Nash , a gay Muslim and one of the funniest people in America, about depression, what we will do for art and his extraordinary spiritual encounter with Sufism

Huriyah columnist Rahal Eks is on about Identity Crises, recounting his recent run-ins with bizzare fashionistas from both the West and East -- and his natural reactions to both

Jack Fertig, a gay Muslim, responds to Tariq Ramadan about his latest article tackling the issue of Islam and Homosexuality, in which the scholar confirms conservatives view of Islam on the issue

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c o l u m n s

Amir Ali is talking about Happiness, in which he shares with us a recent big step he has taken in his own life to guarantee his own happiness-- and how we have to make our own happiness

Ayesha Rashid is writing about Experience, in which she talks about how naive she was as a young woman about life after the age of fifty and how experience has helped her grow

Rahal Eks is all about Brazil! Brazil!, part of the popular series On the Path with Rahal, which follows his life around the world and deals with the passions of love, life and spirituality

Saleemah is dicussing What Makes a Family, in which she talks about her recent thoughts of becoming a mother and what that could eventually mean for her and her husband

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v o i c e s

Anonymous Muslim in South Africa writes about Living With HIV, in which he shares the struggles he encounters with the disease in the community, and how it's helping with his spiritual growth

Noor K., a Moroccan gay man, talks about Life After Death, in which he discusses dealing with the loss of his long time partner and what that meant for him and those around him

Openly gay poet Ifti Nasim offers something unique in In The Anthill of My Mind, a sexually charged poem he uses to fight back against a self hating lover whom he can't forget

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c o m m u n i t y

Leo Igwe, a concerned citizen, writes about the traditions of same gender marriage in Igboland, a provence in Nigeria, where the culture encourages female-to-female marriages

Hera Diani, of the Jakarta Globe, reports on Being Gay, Muslim and Indonesian, interviewing several gays about their experiences in the most Muslim populated country in the world

Astrid Wijaya, of The Jakarta Post, reports on Discrimination in Indonesia, reporting on recent Human Rights groups' findings that the LGBT community still faces discrimination in the country

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r e v i e w s

Julian Evans, of the Guardian in the UK, reviews Tahar Ben Jelloun's Leaving Tangier, a novel about sexuality, emigration and what we sometimes do in the name of escaping harsh realities

Richard Marcus, of BlogCritics, reviews Kailash Kher's Yatra (Nomadic Souls), which is the first international release from one of Bollywood's popular singers and his band Kailasa

Jeff Walsh, of the Oasis Journal, reviews Roger S. Omeus Jr's Finding Me, a film about a young gay man who is dealing with his father's homophobia and a love affair with an activist

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c a r t o o n

In our Cartoon section, the gays just won't stop! Amidst Luzhkov denouncing their behavior, they continue to main Moscow gay. No, no, no. Not to be missed!!!

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a d v i c e

She is in a lesbian relationship but pregnant by a man, He just found out he is HIV postive. Find out what sort of Advice the doctor has for these two advise seekers

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