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‘Modern Love’: If You Want This Kind of Love, Don’t Expect it to be Easy

‘Modern Love’: If You Want This Kind of Love, Don’t Expect it to be Easy

The Daily vor 1 Jahr

After a difficult divorce, Samaiya Mushtaq found the love of her life—and the courage to support his volunteer work in Gaza.

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When Samaiya Mushtaq was growing up, she imagined marrying a kind
Muslim man, and at 21, she did. But while studying to become a
psychiatrist in medical school, she realized her husband couldn’t
meet her emotional needs — something she deeply craved. Despite
the shame she felt, she got a divorce.

In this episode, Mushtaq shares the twists and turns of her
unexpected second chance at love, where service is at the center.
From working in health care during the pandemic to building a
family to undertaking harrowing service trips to Gaza, she found
what she truly needed in a marriage — only after letting go of
what she thought she wanted.

Samaiya Mushtaq’s memoir will be published by Daybreak Press next
winter.

This episode was inspired by her 2023 essay, “Must We Feel Shame
Over Divorce?”

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