Muslim Girl Starts Magazine Geared Toward Muslim Girls...
In the United States there are magazines that cater to many different topics of interest and segments of the population. Now there is a magazine that targets Muslim Girls. It is called MG Magazine and not only is it FOR Muslim girls; it is written and published BY Muslim girls. Today Yasmine El-Safy is getting ready to send the latest issue of MG Magazine out to its’ subscribers. Yasmine admits, “I can’t work up against deadlines. I get crazy”. Yasmine El-Safy is MG magazine’s founder, publisher and editor-in-chief. She is thirteen and a half-years-old. She says she started this magazine for Muslim girls because she couldn’t relate to anything in the mainstream media. She also states, “They were fluffy and they just...
At Home in the US Heartland: Two Muslim Families in Iowa...
February 03, 2004 Cedar Rapids, Iowa It’s one of the oldest Muslim communities in the United States, and it’s right in the middle of the midwestern heartland: Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It’s a state that is overwhelmingly Christian – yet recent immigrants as well as Muslims who were born here say they’ve found it a comfortable place to make their homes and practice their religion. Zeineb Mehdi, for example, grew up in Tunisia, and moved to Cedar Rapds 23 years ago. A devout Muslim, she serves on the board of the local Islamic Center, and attends prayers in the mosque there. But it’s her peace activism that has made Zeineb Mehdi well known in this small city – and...
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