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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

Don’t Let Trump Loose on Iran

Earlier this summer, the U.S. State Department released a long-anticipated retrospective volume of documents detailing t

Sam Khanlari | August 28th, 2017

THE CHALLENGE OF DEMOCRACY

[Headnote] A process of change and experimentation is unfolding in the political and social landscape of the Middle East

Islamica | November 29th, 2005

Muslims Shouldn’t Pander to Populist Sentiment

On April 27, 2016, the Environics Institute released a survey that reassured liberals and Islamophobes alike that they h

Davide Mastracci | October 14th, 2016

Dear Don Lemon: Thanks for Making Me Famous

Apparently, we currently live in a “post-racial” America where a prominent national television news anchor c

Arsalan Iftikhar | January 12th, 2015

The Threat of a Secular State

Writing for The Electronic Intifada, Professor Joseph Massad argues that liberal and secular Arabs have had a devastatin

Cyra Akila Choudhury | April 24th, 2015

Trends in Turkey and the Future of Islamic Modernism

For decades, modern Turkey has been regarded as an “exceptional” country in the Islamic world, with various

Mustafa Akyol | June 18th, 2012

Shari’a and Civil Society: Lessons from Indonesia

Speaking before an enraptured audience at the University of Indonesia in early November, U.S. President Barack Obama rem

James B. Hoesterey | June 17th, 2012

Dissenting the Dissent: Are American Muslim Leaders Unwittingly Facilitating Extremism Amongst a Generation of Youth?

American Muslim leaders don’t dissent enough—the type of constructive, peaceful engagement of ideas and opin

Editor in Chief - A.C. | August 6th, 2013

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