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Thursday, March 22, 2007

Move Over, Oprah

Muslim Magazines Discover an Untapped Market


RNS' Omar Sacirbey profiles the emerging market for Muslim-focused consumer magazines in the US, in this week's full-text RNS article, linked above.

Quote:

Muslim Girl, with circulation approaching 50,000, is the latest of several new magazines catering to Muslim Americans. Although they reach for distinct demographics -- teenagers, professionals, mothers and even secular Muslims -- they share a common motivation: to define themselves at a time when many feel Muslims have surrendered that responsibility to a Western media that often gets them wrong.

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