Articles and Essays: Contributions to the magazine are distinguished by the quality of writing and intellectual analysis. We are looking for narratives, arguments, debate, decisive scrutiny, reportage and thought provoking articles and essays. The recommended length for main articles and essays is 4-6,000 words. We will provide a title for your contribution, cross-heads where we think necessary, and illustrations where appropriate. Footnotes and in-text citation must be avoided; and keep citation and references to a minimum. These should appear at the end of the article, in Chicago-style citation, for example: Leila Aboulela, Lyrics Alley (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 2010). Full page references should be given for quoted material. When giving a web reference, please provide the full URL, and date of access. References are collected together and appear in the 'Citations' section at the end of the book.

Reviews: We are looking for argumentative, discursive analysis of the book rather than a description of its contents. Questions you might address include - does the author says something new and original and adds to knowledge and debate, or recycles old arguments and stereotypes? Examples and illustrations drawn from the book are often helpful, but not obligatory. Similarly, comparisons with other writers and thinkers and others works can be illuminating. Reviewers may also use the book as a launching point to elaborate their own ideas or explore a particular theme. We are looking for reviews of 2500-3,000 words, but longer are acceptable too if the books(s) or the arguments demand it. Film, television, theatre, and exhibition reviews follow the same approach and style.

Arts & Letters: We publish short stories, poetry, photo essays, life writing and art work on themes broadly relating to Muslim culture, history and experience; and the specific themes of each issue. Short stories and life writing submissions should be a maximum of 3000 words; flash fictions are also welcome. Poetry and photo essay submissions should not exceed six pages. Photographs and art work will be published in black and white; short accompanying texts are welcome. Creative work is accepted in English or English translation.

Submission: Please do not try and design your pages; stick to a simple word processing programme, preferably MS Word. Use Times New Roman, 12pt, double spacing, no headers, no footers and no running heads. Please do not use bold for emphasis, always use italics.