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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

Not One or the Other: Class and Identity Politics

After taking a trip to Cuba, Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates had this to say about pervasive racism there: “I

Devan Hawkins | February 16th, 2017

To Be Muslim in a Time of Terror

On Friday, I joined Muslims across the United States and Europe in mosque prayers and listened to an all too familiar se

Samee Sulaiman | January 22nd, 2015

Red, White and Muslim

The Judge Dismisses the NYPD case. Plaintiff Number 11 responds. arhaj Hassan, a decorated Iraq war veteran, signe

Yasmine Hassan | March 17th, 2014

Lone Wolf Terrorism and Anti-Minority Legislation

Rise of Lone Wolf Terrorism and Anti-Minority Legislation Evince Anxiety Over America’s Changing Demographics &nbs

Sahar Aziz | March 2nd, 2015

AFTER THE DELUGE

[Headnote] During the international volunteering efforts to clean up after the Tsunami, a young man chronicles the sight

Islamica | July 27th, 2005

The Hypothetical Future of Muslim Databases Is Already Here

During a recent interview with Yahoo News, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was asked whether trackin

Iram Ali | November 23rd, 2015

The state of Palestinian discontent: Balfour in 1925 vs. Obama in 2013

When Lord Arthur Balfour visited Palestine in 1925, then under a mandate headed by Herbert Samuel and administered by Gr

Lauren Banko | April 12th, 2013

Parental Love

Having spent many years in and out of Pakistan, both on official business and on my own research trips, I know well the

Haroon Ullah | March 25th, 2014

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