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2017 Silver Award of Distinction
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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 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

Illiberal Lebanon: Power and Position at the Margin of the Arab Spring

Over the past several months a wave of popular uprisings has threatened to collapse the long-standing Middle Eastern ord

Najib Hourani | June 17th, 2012

Facebook Reflection

Moonsighting Trip, Ramadan 2013: Didn’t see the new moon last night, but I did see community, family, food, people

The Islamic Monthly Staff | July 9th, 2013

Bahrain: The Hidden Revolution

The revolutions of the Arab Spring took the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region by storm as countries from Syria

Yasmine Hassan | September 24th, 2013

2011 Notable Initiatives

Convergence Established in 2009, Convergence is a nonprofit organization that employs dialogue and consensus-building st

timteam | June 17th, 2012

Interfaith Service: A Muslim Imperative, An American Value

My favorite response to the threat by a Gainesville, Florida, man to burn the Qur’an came from that city’s M

Eboo Patel | June 17th, 2012

Being a Halfjaby and the Extreme Paranoia that Comes With that

I have a dear friend who wears hijab. Or, rather, she kind of does and kind of doesn’t. She’s what I like to

Nadya T. | May 23rd, 2016

I hate my mom!…but then i’ll be damned

I Hate my Mom! But then, I’ll be Damned! The perils of navigating the religious context of motherhood. I grew

Nadya T. | October 31st, 2014

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