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2017 Silver Award of Distinction
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The magazine was co-founded and run by three American Muslim women in 2010 inspired by the publication's former magazine, Islamica. The magazine successfully printed bi-annullly from 2011-2018 with daily digital content and exclusive interviews in the form of print, audio and visual stories. The magazine's core principle was to allow for a space for stories of all kinds related to American Muslims, while striving for abiding by ethical journalism. Despite it's many successes, including a number of exclusive interviews and having articles referenced in mainstream press in America often, and challenges the magazine could not sustain itself or find the proper funding to continue publishing. It never officially shuttered but stopped active publishing in 2018.

This site is archived. The homepage below will select articles at random for your viewing. The previous print issues are also available for your viewing.

The Unpredictable Nation: America In the Age of Trump

WINTER/SPRING 2017

Are American Muslims The Pivotal Hot Button Issue This Election?

SUMMER/FALL 2016

Mass Movement to Nowhere

WINTER/SPRING 2015-2016

Racism Changes

SPRING/SUMMER 2015

New Perspectives on America's Muslims

FALL/WINTER 2014

Will America Ever Move Past Racism?

SPRING/SUMMER 2014

New Faces of America: Leaders, Politicians and Entrepreneurs

FALL 2013

What if Obama Wins? Loses? What’s at Stake for Muslims?

FALL 2012

Radioactive Muslims: American Muslims as Outsiders

WINTER/SPRING 2012

The Revolution or Evolution of the East

SUMMER/FALL 2011

2011 and Reflections on the Past Year

2011

Featured Pieces

From Mecca to Selma

Shortly after arriving at New York’s Kennedy Airport on May 21, 1964, Malcolm X was greeted by the largest throng

Nicholas Patler | March 27th, 2017

The Legacy of Freddie Gray’s Death Must Be One of Justice

Reflections after attending Freddie Gray’s funeral Powerful symbolism cloaked the day Freddie Gray was laid t

Zainab Chaudry | April 28th, 2015

Getting the Ramadan Beach Bod

From the parched lands of the desert sun to the sleek chic streets of L.A., a new celeb trend, “Ramadaning,”

Billal Ali | July 25th, 2013

Pakistan elections are over: what’s next?

When polls closed on Pakistan’s historic elections this past Saturday, social media posts of political pundits and

Lael Mohib | May 15th, 2013

COMPREHENDING CATASTROPHE

[Headnote] The worst of the devastation seen in New Orleans is ultimately man-made and springs from our skewed prioritie

Islamica | January 29th, 2006

Muslims “get” GLOBALIZATION, but does it get them?

[Headnote] Why do many Muslim societies see the impact of globalization as negative? For everyone to reap the economic (

Islamica | October 5th, 2007

The Trump Whisperer

Presidents who do not have a working knowledge of foreign policy tend to lean on a trusted adviser to get them through a

Josh Manning | December 30th, 2016

What Was Really Scary About Halloween This Year

In today’s modern world, there always seems to be a trend going around. They tap people on the shoulder. They dill

Farzana W | November 6th, 2014

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