» Ze Magnifique Magazines

I don't believe an atom's worth of ink that is reported from the mass media. I do however buy the occasional broadsheet newspaper (those that are apparently less rife with gossip) and like a little duckling, subscribe to the following magazines that are both uber cool, and ethical.

• emel - The UK's leading Muslim lifestyle magazine.
• embox - The studious offspring to emel, a Muslim student magazine. Embox was mentioned in a Link Love on Muslimness.com.
• Azizah - Scrumptious Muslim women in North America
• Artskills - Frikkin' awesome. And weird.
• Illume - Heavy on USA's Muslim political climate
• MBM - Modest Beautiful Muslima. An online ezine on everything Mus-woman-lim.
• Muslim Girl Magazine - Mostly I respect MGM for the diverse photography. That's about it. Read a Muslim Matters review of MGM on why that is.
• Muslim Youth Magazine - Canadian, clean cut and educating.
• Muslim Quarterly - The only Muslim man's magazine. Read the review on Muslimness.
• Islamic Arts Zine - Beautifully visual & extensive research on international Muslim arts
• Heeba - Exhibiting creative cultures around the Muslim world. Great layout. 
• Bak Magazine - Hot. Creative. All to do with international arts. Very graphic.
• I Am Profound Magazine - From the Profoundly Aesthetic company. I bought a brilliant tshirt from PA and reviewed it last year.
• Q-News - The Muslim magazine in-your-face analysis of current affairs.
• Sisters - A stylish magazine for "fabulous" women. Not like me then, clearly.
• Suburb - The neutral, easy to read and 'hmm, interesting' magazine.
• Suffah Foundation - Closer to home and more 'ethnic'.
• Times - It's smartish. And opinionated. And you knew that already.

Hand on heart I can say that I don't follow any religiously. I wish there was a magazine that had my name printed all over it. Something that didn't apologise to the world for being Muslim and believing in jihad, that didn't plaster chic Muslim chicks all over like hijabi size 4 barbie dolls and one that didn't glare at me for being a no-sect following Muslim, or preach at me for not joining the Muslim political activism.

I'll just make one at home for nothing (!) Someone say insha'Allah wi'me!