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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

When all is said and done . . .

Abstract (Summary) Instead of adding to the endless critique of "The Clash," it is our hope that a conversation with Pr

Islamica | July 2nd, 2006

The Right Way to Resolve the Terrorism Double Standard

A lot of Muslims are happy and relieved to hear that the White supremacist James Jackson, who killed a 66-year-old Black

Steven Zhou | March 31st, 2017

Acts of Faith

[Headnote] A young Muslim activist explains our critical need to counter youth recruitment by religious extremists The S

Islamica | October 4th, 2007

The Effect of “Islam” on the American Political Landscape

On February 3, 2016, Barack Obama finally made his first and only official visit to a mosque in the United States during

Asma Afsaruddin | November 6th, 2016

Shrouded In Mystery: Who Was Essad Bey?

“The caravan was wandering eastwards, lost in a dream. The train was pushing westwards along its iron rails, mindl

Ibrahim Rigney | September 18th, 2017

The End of Major Combat Operations

By: Zaid Hassan All the way from antiquity to the Cold War, strategy was conceived as “grand strategy” which

Zaid Hassan | March 12th, 2013

Beyond a Binary: Muslim-America More than “Indigenous and Immigrant”

Moving Beyond the Binary The July 14th White House Ramadan Iftar incited a heated debate among Muslim-Americans. T

Khaled A. Beydoun | July 23rd, 2014

5 Times Malala Has Owned Her Critics

One would have thought that a 15-year-old girl shot in the head for speaking out in favor of education for girls would b

Junaid Jahangir | October 27th, 2017

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