Azizah Stands Strong After 10 Years By aNum hussaiN Picture this: a group of diverse Muslim women gather for a dinner party; they discuss fashion, food, music, children, and even other Muslim women. Now imagine translating that same dialogue into words and images, and that is what you’ll find flipping through the pages of Azizah magazine, a publication highlighting the various identities of Muslim women in North america.” Tayyibah Taylor, the publisher and editor-in-chief of azizah, said the magazine mirrors who Muslim women are, covering women of all different ethnicities and levels of religiosity. The magazine represents Muslim women in the United States but is read around
the world, distributed to subscribers in Europe, canada, africa, Middle East, Far East, and australia. The women displayed on the monthly cover pages always sport a headscarf to identify the publication as a Muslim women’s magazine. although all Muslim women do not wear a headscarf in public, Taylor said their heads are covered when they stand to pray. as the magazine prepares to commemorate its 10 year anniversary on october 10, Taylor talked with The long Star crescent on her experience co-founding and running America’s first Muslim women’s magazine. Q:What exactly is azizah? a: azizah is the vehicle for the voice of Muslim women in North america. It’s a publication that celebrates their accomplishments, highlights their ambitions, features their concerns and issues.
Every article in azizah is written by a Muslim woman. This is the place if you want to hear her voice and find out what she’s thinking. Q: How did the publication start and get going? a: In the early ’90s, I attended a conference for Muslim women in chicago. There were Muslim women of all different schools of thought, all accomplished, all powerful. I was really astounded by the energy in the room and the expertise. I wanted to take that and put it on the pages of a magazine so that everybody could experience the energy in that room. Continues on page 10 >>
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He’s at it again. The New york Times Best-selling author of “Three cups of Tea,” Greg Mortenson, is finding ways to make the impossible become possible for thousands of impoverished children in wartorn regions – he’s building them schools. With the help of the central asia Institute (caI), whose mission is to “promote and support community-based education, especially for girls, in remote regions of Pakistan and afghanistan,” Mortenson will be in Dallas on Nov. 13t to raise funds to build more schools for children starving for an education. In 1993, Mortenson climbed
a mountain to honor the sister he had just lost. He had no idea that reaching the top, or in his case, not reaching the top of his climb on K2, the second highest peak in the world located in Pakistan’s Karakoram Northern Range,, would only be the beginning of a great journey. He spent time in Korphe, Pakistan, recovering from his failure to climb the top of the mountain, and discovered that there was a higher purpose for his visit. Continues on page 05 >>
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