Shoora: Tribal Newsletter?

[Muhammad Alshareef]

Bismillah
I was thinking for a new competition towards the tribal battle: A one-time student-tribe newsletter regarding what was learned in the class.

Each tribe will be required to work together to complete a newsletter to be displayed on the AlMaghrib website and to become part of the legacy of the class.

Each tribe will be allowed to:
1. Name their one-time newsletter
2. Include whatever they want in it,
3. make it as short or as long as they wish.

The newsletter, as well, will give a chance for those who were not able to attend the class a glimpse at what was learned in the class.

Your feedback?

Originally Posted by Muhammad Alshareef

Bismillah
I was thinking for a new competition towards the tribal battle: A one-time student-tribe newsletter regarding what was learned in the class.

Each tribe will be required to work together to complete a newsletter to be displayed on the AlMaghrib website and to become part of the legacy of the class.

Bismillah. I think it is a good idea, but how would we get all the members involved in just one newsletter? One way I think is that we could have a competition within each tribal groups and from there each tribe would pick the best of those and from there I guess from my understanding you would pick one from the four to be put up on the AlMaghirb site.

Originally Posted by Muhammad Alshareef

Each tribe will be allowed to:
1. Name their one-time newsletter
2. Include whatever they want in it,
3. make it as short or as long as they wish.

Now is these points going to be constant once its picked for the newsletter or will it change everytime a new class is held? If it was that then I would think there would be some kind of consistency throughout.

Originally Posted by Muhammad Alshareef

[The newsletter, as well, will give a chance for those who were not able to attend the class a glimpse at what was learned in the class.

Your feedback?

One thing to add though, as Sheikh Yassir Birjas was in houston, he mentioned that we should look more to the bigger picture I guess you can say. He mentioned an Arabic proverb but forget what it was. The jist of it was that you have the plan for what you want in the end and then start working from the beginning. He was basically saying that we should look into having a Magazine, and that we should plan for the Magazine, and from there start working from the beginning.

He mentioned that we should come up with some sort of Goal for that magazine. Something that should be for the public not just the students of AlMaghrib. Depending on who you are trying to target, as he was saying Al-Jumuah targets the family, Islamic Horizons more a politcal magazine, and then he said maybe the Magazine it could target the Student of Knowledge. Basically the Magazine should be set up for them. First the actual student of the classes and then the world. We have to think big .

He then mentioned you obviuolsy cant start from the Magazine and that you start from the Newsletter as you mentioned. Expand the communitys from the Four that you are having it in, have one Main office set up for it. He said also that we should speak to Maagazine Designers, Editors, Reporters... Also added DO NOT COPY, have soemthing original. Anyways that was my 2 cents .

[Irtiza Hasan]

We discussed this in a meeting with Sh Yaser on Friday. I definitely think it is a good idea. Sisters in Houston are surveying the idea. We would/could include gems, teacher's corner, a student's experience, etc in the newsletter but the key is to keep it a newsletter and not turn it into a magazine (at least not initially). Wallahu alim.

One possible way to make others involved is have people split up into writers, editors, etc.

Have a lot of articles

Asalaamu `alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuhu,

I think this is a solid idea mashaa' Allah. It would have to wait until after the Mubarak class (GMU) has had its exam, in order to be fair to all tribes. Durbah definitely has the graphic designers, writers, etc. to come up with a good product, inshaa' Allah.

P.S. -- The "Got Milk?" controversy will be a headline in Durbah's first issue

I personally LOVE the idea...and I've always had a hankering to produce a newsletter for my MSA (succeeded twice so far), and I'm planning on producing one for Hidayah Online as well.

Sas's suggestion is excellent - the necessary positions need to be identified. Obviously, the ameer should appoint an editor-in-chief, and then each tribe should determine the sections they want.

Do you want all tribes to follow the same format, or leave the final style up to each tribe?

How much do you want in each newsletter? Actually...you already answered these questions with your points:
[quote]Each tribe will be allowed to:
1. Name their one-time newsletter
2. Include whatever they want in it,
3. make it as short or as long as they wish.[/quote]

Okay, so with those major points out of the way, each tribe should start partitioning up their workforce. Identify your graphic designers, your writers, your editors, your layout people. Form a nice little framework.

Sections: current events that broke out during your time at class, such as the imprisonment and release of Br. Muhammad's father - and how this affected your tribe.

Sisters: Perhaps a section just for the sisters (but readable by all) that would address, perhaps, some of the parts that benefitted them the most.

Why not have an article centered around the topic? Perhaps the tribe that submits the best article related to the class can get some kind of distinction? It should cover the topic well, of course, and draw out the benefits that the tribe drew from the class, as well as developing on the idea very well, demonstrating your tribe really understood the deeper and more important points, not necessary just what was on the surface.

I guess I'd better stop before I go way off topic!!!

[SairaSiddiqui]

it seems no one from qabeelat hosna mentioned another advice from sh yasir, so i will include it and see what sh muhammad and the other qabeelats think...

the shaikh was saying that while it is good to have this competition, its also good to somehow tie the groups together from time to time. and he was saying that this would be a good opportunity to do so. instead of having a diff newsletter for each qabeelat, we could work together to produce one newsletter, but give space for each qabeelat to add their own thumbprint. with this idea, we still have a taste of competition, but at the same time we join together, get to know one another, and learn what is going on in each qabeelat...

so what does everyone think?

i like the idea of an "umbrella" newsletter.

we all pitch in yet are still distinct.

plus, on the side...we can still have our own, but it would meet the needs of the respective qabeelaaaaat.

[Muhammad Alshareef]

Originally Posted by bintmahmood

it seems no one from qabeelat hosna mentioned another advice from sh yasir, so i will include it and see what sh muhammad and the other qabeelats think...

the shaikh was saying that while it is good to have this competition, its also good to somehow tie the groups together from time to time. and he was saying that this would be a good opportunity to do so. instead of having a diff newsletter for each qabeelat, we could work together to produce one newsletter, but give space for each qabeelat to add their own thumbprint. with this idea, we still have a taste of competition, but at the same time we join together, get to know one another, and learn what is going on in each qabeelat...

so what does everyone think?

I like that idea, ma sha Allah.
So let's say 2-3 pages maximum per Qabeelah? So the final newsletter will be 12 pages max.

And I think this way as well, students from one Qabeelah will get to 'work' with other Qabeelah students in a positive way.

and the 2-3 pages can have the Qabeelah name in the newsletter so everyone can see who contributed what.

anymore thoughts?

My high school football team used to do something like this as well, where they would get with the 3 other schools in the district and come up with a football program.

the program was divided into four sections for each school, they would have a different style for each school, and the whole thing was like a district booklet.

im not trying to compare almaghrib to football, but i just saw a relevance, we could have a Conquest: History of the Khulafaa newsletter,, just a suggestion
allahu alam

question: is this going to be set up online or printed?