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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

The Egyptian Revolution: Still a Work in Progress

Finally I can breathe!” That was my first thought as fireworks and wild cheers echoed through the night on Feb. 11

Sahar El-Nadi | June 17th, 2012

From Wikileaks or Saudi Sheiks?

Why the world needs better data on oil and how we might get it Dear Citizens of OPEC countries, Since you live in lands

Mason Inman | June 17th, 2012

The Trouble with Our Criminal Justice System

The New Jim Crow and Muslim Americans On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner, an African-American father of six, was killed by a

Margari Aziza Hill | September 21st, 2015

[Live Update] The President Walks Into a Mosque

President Barack Obama visited the 47-year-old Islamic Society of Baltimore today, his first trip to a mosque in the U.S

The Islamic Monthly Staff | February 3rd, 2016

A common word for a common future

[Headnote] Despite an all-time low in Christian-Muslim relations, many sense a feeling of renewed hope

Islamica | August 6th, 2009

When Push Comes to Shove: Civil Society and the Promise of Peace

[Headnote] After forty years of ceaseless conflict and political failure, the war of 1967 has taught us that history's l

Michael Vicente Perez | October 5th, 2007

Encounter with a Mysterious Sheikh

[Headnote] Why spiritual retreat is the best option for a sheikh with a shady past

Islamica | April 7th, 2009

Busboys and Poets: Restaurant meets Social Enterprise

The undercurrent of responsibility to one’s local community pretty much sums up the mission of a social enterprise

Mehrunisa Qayyum | April 8th, 2013

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