Muslim Girl
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{{Infobox magazine
| title = {{PAGENAMEBASE}}
| editor_title = Editor in Chief
| editor = Ausma Khan
| category = Lifestyle, Religious
| publisher = ExecuGo Media
| circulation_year = 2007 - 2009
| founded = 2007
| firstdate = January 2007
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Muslim Girl Magazine was a bi-monthly fashion, beauty, and lifestyle publication marketed for young Muslim women.{{cite news|author = STEVEN ZEITCHIK
|title=Teen mag melds pop culture, Quran|quote=Teenage girls are preoccupied with a lot of things: "The Gilmore Girls." Makeup tips. Burqas. At least that's the teenager Muslim Girl magazine, a bimonthly aimed at 12- to 19-year-old Muslim females, is targeting. The glossy, published by Toronto-based Execugo, is the ultimate hybrid: a mag for and about both regular teenagers and one of the country's least covered minorities.|work=Variety|date=March 12, 2007|url=http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T9086333714&format=GNBFI&sort=DATE,A,H&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T9086328716&cisb=22_T9086328712&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=139224&docNo=1|accessdate = April 14, 2010}} The magazine was first published in January 2007.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Nxu-jFjjO0C&pg=PA41|title=The Construction of Muslim Femininity in Contemporary North American Media|year=2008|isbn=978-0-549-56220-7|page=41|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322160318/https://books.google.com/books?id=-Nxu-jFjjO0C&pg=PA41|archive-date=March 22, 2017|url-status=live|accessdate=October 13, 2016}} It was published by Toronto's ExecuGo Media, and offered style advice, articles on movies and music and general advice, but with a grounding in Islamic issues and with features on Muslim personalities, countries, and cultures. The headquarters was in Toronto, though the magazine's reach was international during its two years of publishing.
The magazine's contributors included writers and journalists Mona Eltahawy, Melody Moezzi, Naheed Mustafa, Salamah Sulaiman, and many more. Ausma Khan was the editor in chief.{{cite news
|author1=Lara Spencer |author2=Chris Wragge |author3=Russ Mitchell |title=Ausma Khan speaks about Muslim Girl magazine|quote=There are plenty of magazines aimed at young women, but what about young Muslim women? Muslim Girl magazine has been published since January 2007. Ausma Khan is editor in chief. Good morning, thanks for being here.Ms. Ausma Khan (Editor-In-Chief, Muslim Girl Magazine): Thank you for having me.SPENCER: Tell me about how Muslim Girl got started. Where was it born?|work=CBS News Broadcast|date=July 8, 2008|url=http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T9086333714&format=GNBFI&sort=DATE,A,H&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T9086328716&cisb=22_T9086328712&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=166768&docNo=18|accessdate=April 14, 2010}}
See also
References
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{{cite news
| url = http://blog.beliefnet.com/idolchatter/2008/01/muslim-girl-magazine-celebrate.html
| title = "Muslim Girl" Magazine Celebrates 1st Anniversary
| work = Belief Net
| author = Donna Freitas
| date = January 2008
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150725064614/https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/idolchatter/2008/01/muslim-girl-magazine-celebrate.html
| archivedate = 2015-07-25
| accessdate = 2019-05-19
| url-status = live
| quote = Though it’s ruffled some feathers (some groups think its too westernized), Khan is excited about the magazine’s success and its future. Check out her fascinating interview with Renee Montagne from NPR’s Morning Edition from Thursday, January 17th by clicking [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18177121 here].
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{{cite news
|url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/18/MUSLIM.TMP
|title = Teen Magazine Addresses Challenges of being Muslim Girl in United States
|work = San Francisco Chronicle
|author = Joe Garofili
|date = 2007-06-18
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070809081937/https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2007%2F06%2F18%2FMUSLIM.TMP
|archivedate = 2007-08-09
|accessdate = 2019-05-19
|url-status = dead
|quote = One of those niches is teenage girls, albeit young women who are less interested in how to charm boys or gush over the latest Justin Timberlake beefcake shots. After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, "girls felt over-represented in the media and marginalized in other ways," said Ausma Khan, editor in chief of Muslim Girl.
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{{cite news
|url = https://lifehacker.com/im-novelist-ausma-zehanat-khan-and-this-is-how-i-work-1830386248
|title = I'm Novelist Ausma Zehanat Khan, and This Is How I Work
|work = Life Hacker
|author = Nick Douglas
|date = 2018-11-28
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190502081024/https://lifehacker.com/im-novelist-ausma-zehanat-khan-and-this-is-how-i-work-1830386248
|archivedate = 2019-05-02
|accessdate = 2019-05-18
|url-status = live
|quote = Then there was a period where I worked with an amazing Canadian publisher to establish the first magazine targeted to Muslim girls and young women—we had distribution throughout North America, and for a short time the magazine was also a bit of a global phenomenon. As editor in chief of that publication, I began to write more consistently, and got in the habit of ferreting out intriguing story ideas.
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External links
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Category:2007 establishments in California
Category:Bimonthly magazines published in the United States
Category:Defunct religious magazines published in the United States
Category:Defunct women's magazines published in the United States
Category:Defunct Islamic magazines
Category:Magazines established in 2007
Category:Magazines with year of disestablishment missing
Category:Defunct magazines published in Los Angeles
Category:Religious children's magazines
Category:Defunct teen magazines published in the United States
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