What is Al Talib? What is Al Talib?
Al-Talib is the first and largest Muslim student
newsmagazine in America.
Al-Talib provides an insight into Islam and the
Muslim-American ethos. Furthermore, Al-Talib serves the American community with
deeper understanding of events that occur throughout the world.
The word "al talib" -or "the student"- underlines a vision
of authentic, candid, and accurate journalism, based on extensive learning.
Ultimately, the student is the embodiment of learning -- searching for facts,
recording notes, analyzing, and citing authentic sources, the student is
constantly pursuing the truth.
In its 18th year of publication, Al-Talib has grown to
20,000 copies per issue and has an estimated national readership of 56,000. It
is distributed en masse to over 150 locations in 37 states covering most major
US cities. Al Talib is found in businesses, organizations, community centers and
our booths can be found at many special events. Moreover, Al-Talib is made
available to the incarcerated population as it may be their only source of news
and awareness of international events. In their time of reflection, we hope
Al-Talib is their bridge to the outside world and a means to expand their
knowledge of Islam.
The quality of paper used, combined with the nature of the
stories covered makes Al-Talib more comparable to a magazine than a newspaper,
thus increasing its "shelf-life" as well as actual readership. Every issue is
donned with a cutting edge design worthy of artistic praise. We strive to
enhance our publication quality, not only in content, but in appearance as well.
What do we write about?
Al-Talib has distinguished itself by emphasizing: analysis
over reporting, specifics over generalizations and pragmatism over impossible
idealism. Moreover, Al-Talib functions as an independent voice for Muslims in
the United States.
Our main goal is to remain an independent forum for a
diverse spectrum of views and concerns. Each issue has a focus centered on a
topic affecting Muslims in America. There are several focus articles that
analyze issues from different angles. Topic points include: spirituality,
politics, Islamic history, and challenges facing Muslim-Americans. One of our
goals is to correct the mainstream media's misconceptions about Islam and
enlighten the readers of the true teachings of Islam. Other sections include:
datelines, national, history, noble figures, international, voices from within
and poetry.
Who are we?
Al-Talib is part of Student Media UCLA which is the home
of UCLA's student-run media, including the campus newspaper, magazines, and
radio and television stations. We are proud that our staff is completely
volunteer and are all students. We are thankful for the support and guidance of
Student Media UCLA as well as the UCLA Communications Board which is the board
of directors that oversees Student Media UCLA and its media. Our writers are
current students or alumni. We also methodically publish correspondence letters we
receive through our Al Murasalah program from incarcerated Muslims.
Unsigned editorials represent a majority opinion of the
Al-Talib Editorial Board. All other columns, cartoons, and letters represent the
opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Al-Talib
Editorial Board. The ASUCLA Communications Board has a media grievance procedure
for resolving general grievances against any of its publication. For a copy of
the complete procedure, contact the Publications Office at 118 Kerckhoff
Hall.
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