The emel team reflects on the past decade. I asked them to pick a defining moment that they remember vividly from the past ten years. Here are some of their responses -
I hailed in the New Millennium on London’s Embankment with my husband, nine month old daughter and four year old son.
The next year brought us [...]
Posts in ‘2009’
Reflecting on the last decade
A trip down memory lane with issue 3 revival
We’ve been busy at the office recently compiling the back issues so that we can feature them on our website. It’s a difficult task that will take months to do and we’re getting a lot of help from a number of interns who are helping out at emel.
The lastest issue to go up on the [...]
Press Coverage of War Memorial Campaign
The war memorial campaign gaining momentum in the press -
The Guardian, Comment is Free – Inayat Bunglawala
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/nov/05/muslim-soldiers-first-world-war
Asian Image
http://bit.ly/1PmrHd
BikyaMasr -Â Ruqaya Izzidien
http://bikyamasr.com/?p=5642
Bristol Evening Post -Â Farooq Siddique
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/columnists/Farooq-Siddique-Don-t-forget-role-Muslims-world-wars/article-1499734-detail/article.html
The National – David Sapsted
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091108/FOREIGN/711079940/1135
Sales and Marketing Interns Wanted
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emel Magazine is looking for sales and marketing interns to contribute to, develop and implement its sales and marketing strategy. The job will span 6-8 weeks, and successful interns [...]
Where can I find copies of emel in the UK?
If you’re not yet a subscriber of the magazine, don’t fret! There are various places where you can pick up copies of the magazine. A company called MMC distributes emel and they have devised a way that will allow you to input your postcode and find out the nearest outlet to purchase the magazine.
1) Find [...]
Media Interns Wanted
emel magazine is looking for media interns to help upload content onto our new website. The job will span 6-8 weeks, and media interns will be able to take part in morning meetings and see the magazine being put together. The job will mainly centre around extracting text from the archives and cropping images for [...]
From Issue 1 to 61
 It is six years and 60 issues ago that we launched the first issue of emel. The creation of that first issue is imprinted onto my whole being and I can remember it like yesterday.
Taking the idea for a high quality Muslim lifestyle magazine from concept to reality was a serious challenge. It took the [...]
Muslims in World War I and II
Did your great grandfather serve in the British army during the world wars?
Was your grandmother a nurse or a VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment)?
Do you know any Muslim families who lived through the wars on rations?
Emel is putting together a special feature on Muslim contribution to
the war efforts. If you have a story to share we [...]
Ramadan Soundbytes
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 Ramadan sound bytes from around the office….
Remona Aly; Deputy Editor
I’m a big food lover, but I plan to stay really focused this Ramadan – feeding my soul rather than my stomach is top of the list!
Somaiya Khan-Piachaud; Features Editor
Ramadan is a time to slow down and contemplate; as I fast I pray for the billion [...]
Whipping a woman for wearing trousers is an affront to Islam
First, it was the teddy bear called Mohammed and now it is the woman in trousers called Lubna. Why the Sudanese authorities desire to make the religion of Islam a laughing stock around the world is quite beyond me; but that’s what they are doing.