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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

“Egypt Killed Islam in the West”

“Egypt Killed Islam in the West”: Revolution, Counterrevolution and Western Muslims “Egypt killed Isla

H. A. Hellyer | December 18th, 2014

Death by a Drone Attack is a Pakistani Patriotic Duty

Meet Abdullah Qasim Barozai, a sullen-cheeked, wide-eyed 9 year old boy who lost four members of his immediate family &n

Sana Saeed | December 12th, 2013

The Mosque in Washington

The Untold Story of American Foreign Policy Unraveling at Home On June 28th, 1957, President Dwight Eisenhower ad

Bashir SL | April 15th, 2014

To Stir the Branches

[Headnote] On language & poetry

Islamica | August 1st, 2006

Syrian Healthcare System in Danger

When Dr. Mohammed got the call, he left Syria that night. The feared secret police, or mukhabarat, wanted to ‘talk

Souheila Al-Jadda | January 17th, 2014

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

Turning Back to America’s Roots

To Survive, Muslim America Needs to Turn Back to Its Roots in the Black Experience The year 1965 was a turning point in

Murtaza Hussain | April 11th, 2016

Beyond Storytelling

Earlier last year, on a quiet February morning, my husband Martin and I welcomed our daughter, Maryam Ella, into this wo

Kiran Tahir | February 8th, 2015

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