Source: The Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0624/p04s01-usgn.html
They are not headlines one sees at the grocery store checkout. "A Jihad for Love" or "There's Something About Rumi." Flipping through the May edition of the glossy magazine, one also finds features about a graffiti artist; Nobel Prize winners; calligraphy in the Digital Age; and the usual magazine fare of recipes, travel tips, and fashion ideas. There's just one twist: The articles are all aimed at Muslim Americans.
Welcome to Elan, one of the latest in a growing field of US-based magazines for Muslims. Publications such as Elan, Azizah, and Islamica cater to a dizzying array of demographic groups within the community, yet all share a common motivation: to define themselves at a time when many believe they have surrendered that responsibility to Western media that often get them wrong.
"We wanted to provide a place where positive stories about real Muslim girls who are making a contribution could be told, and in such a way that girls would see it as coming from the inside, so the stories would be honest and accurate and reflect their own values," says Ausma Khan, editor in chief of Muslim Girl.