I-Mag

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I-MAG (acronym of Islamic Magazine) is a free online non-profit islamic English magazine founded by editor-in-chef Hayat Alyaqout and others in February 2005. I-MAG reflects a collaborative teamwork theme based on volunteering; as the editorial board consists of youth from around the world, who gather together via cyberspace. It is affiliated with Nashiri E-publishing House, another non-profit project. Its slogan is Enlighten your I - based on hope that it would enlighten its readers.

1 Beliefs
2 Content
3 Downloading
4 History
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Beliefs

I-MAG's website states:

I-MAG believes in critique and critical thinking, in hopes of presenting intellectual enlightenment. I-MAG sees itself not merely as an electronic publication but rather as an intellectual enlightenment project that plays a part in the social economy; an economy in which responsible and free information is the main merchandise.

I-MAG's 1st issue

[edit] Content

I-MAG contains sections which cover many including:

Books in Focus
Calligraphy
Capita
Excel
Eye on I.T.
Graph-Art
In Depth
Macrophone
Med-Aware
Media Perspectives
Non-profit Organisations
Occidental View
Photo-Great
Pinnacle
Soul Searchers

The diverse content of the magazine aims to appeal to non-Muslims, to encourage them to find an enriching content about Islam.

[edit] Downloading

I-MAG is available for free download via I-MAG’s website as a PDF, as PDF resembles the look of a normal paper magazine, In parallel, PDF can be read on any operating system.

[edit] History

I-MAG was firstly published as a monthly magazine, for the first four issues; February 2005, March 2005, April 2005 and May 2005. It temporarily stopped for three months, in order to apply a process of evaluation and renovation. Since, I-MAG has returned back as a quarterly magazine, starting from the fifth issue, which was published on September 2005.

February 2005 : First issue
March 2005 : Second issue
April 2005 : Third issue
May 2005 : Fourth issue
June-August 2005 : Evaluation & Renovation
September 2005 : Fifth issue ( Fall 2005 )
December 2005 : Sixth issue ( Winter 2005 )