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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

Azealia Banks, reputation, and the wild world of popular opinion

It’s probably a given truism by now that, in the current era, Muslims around the world should try and influence po

Steven Zhou | May 13th, 2016

Latinos Are the Ignored Victims of Islamophobia in the Age of Trump

Guadalupe García de Rayos was detained Wednesday after an annual visit with the federal Immigration and Cust

Hina Tai | February 13th, 2017

How to De-queer Your Apartment

It’ll come out of nowhere, perhaps intentionally so. An unexpected phone call from the parents, outside the time r

Lamya H | November 14th, 2014

Geosectarianism and the Future of the Saudi-Iranian Struggle

Intra-Sunni differences, constraints of the Iran-led Shia camp and the U.S. need to manage radical actors on both sides

Kamran Bokhari | January 29th, 2016

Painting the Secret Lives of Muslim Women

Ameena Khan, an artist living in Tampa, Florida, feels that she’s finally grown into herself as a painter and illu

Janet Kozak | February 17th, 2016

The attack and burning of Ahmadis before Eid

When Ramadan nears to an end, families around the globe spend their final days in preparation of the Eid-al-Fitr&nb

Ayesha Noor | August 4th, 2014

POLL: Have you been discriminated against while flying?

In October, we wrote about the perils of “Flying While Muslim.” Muslims were increasingly being kicked off f

The Islamic Monthly Staff | March 28th, 2017

A Future History of the Islamic State

Injustice brings about the ruin of civilization. – Ibn Khaldûn In this moment, when the contours of Arab soc

Zaid Hassan | June 17th, 2012

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