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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.

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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

What is Islamic Art?

[Headnote] Is there a difference between Islamic Art and Art of the Islamic World? According to the ever fickle art mark

Islamica | July 27th, 2005

IDEAS: A HISTORY OF THOUGHT AND INVENTION, FROM FIRE TO FREUD

Abstract (Summary) In such a context, it is exciting to welcome Peter Watson's Ideas, which sets as its goal nothing le

Islamica | October 3rd, 2006

Korea: A Land of Few Muslims

In hindsight, I took Ramadan for granted when I lived within the diversity of New York. Even as a non-Muslim, it was a b

Laine Munir | July 24th, 2017

Obama and the Arab Spring

THE ARAB SPRING SWEEPING through North Africa and the Middle East is an opportunity for the United States to reassess it

Farid Senzai | June 17th, 2012

Western Muslims and the Obsession of Liang Qi-Chao

Ever since the imperial armies of the West, fuelled by technological and material advantages, encroached upon its eventu

Steven Zhou | January 3rd, 2015

MADRASA IN THE MOUNTAINS

[Headnote] The spirit of Moorish Andalusia is alive and well in the form of a modern architectural project calling upon

Islamica | November 29th, 2005

Contemplating Islamic Geometrical Design

[Headnote] Throughout the history of Islamic architecture, craftsmen have adorned buildings with geometrical designs. Th

Islamica | October 5th, 2007

POLL: Will Donald Trump skip his scheduled press conference Jan. 11?

President-elect Donald Trump held his last news conference July 27 while the Democratic National Convention was in

The Islamic Monthly Editors | January 4th, 2017

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