Muslim Girl

Muslim Girl Magazine was a bi-monthly fashion, beauty, and lifestyle publication marketed for young Muslim women.^[1] The magazine was first published in January 2007.^[2]^[3] It was published by Toronto's ExecuGo Media,^[4] 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.^[5] The headquarters was in Toronto, though the magazine's reach was international during its two years of publishing.

Editor in ChiefAusma Khan

CategoriesLifestyle, Religious

PublisherExecuGo Media

Founded2007

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*Muslim Girl*
Editor in Chief	Ausma Khan
Categories	Lifestyle, Religious
Publisher	ExecuGo Media
Founded	2007
First issue	January 2007
Country	Toronto, Canada

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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.^[6]

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[1]
STEVEN ZEITCHIK (March 12, 2007). "Teen mag melds pop culture, Quran". Variety. Retrieved April 14, 2010. 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.
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The Construction of Muslim Femininity in Contemporary North American Media. 2008. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-549-56220-7. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
[3]
Nick Douglas (November 28, 2018). "I'm Novelist Ausma Zehanat Khan, and This Is How I Work". Life Hacker. Archived from the original on May 2, 2019. Retrieved May 18, 2019. 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.
[4]
Joe Garofili (June 18, 2007). "Teen Magazine Addresses Challenges of being Muslim Girl in United States". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on August 9, 2007. Retrieved May 19, 2019. 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.
[5]
Donna Freitas (January 2008). ""Muslim Girl" Magazine Celebrates 1st Anniversary". Belief Net. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2019. 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 here. {{cite news}}: External link in |quote= (help)
[6]
Lara Spencer; Chris Wragge; Russ Mitchell (July 8, 2008). "Ausma Khan speaks about Muslim Girl magazine". CBS News Broadcast. Retrieved April 14, 2010. 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?

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