Early this year, journalism student Zainab Khan launched the Muslim pop culture website “Mozzified” with a clear goal to leave politics for other sites, this is a place for “jokes about nosy aunties, sharing hijab hacks and Ramadan recipes, and advice on navigating Minder (Muslim Tinder).”
Ms. Khan explains the conceit of ‘to mozzify’, a popular term on the site, which is “to take something from any culture and reinterpret it through a Muslim lens. So, for example, when I walk into a Nordstrom and I see a rack of scarves, I’m like, “Oh, that’s the hijab section.” Being a Mozzie, I’m filtering the information that I’m seeing. I think a lot of people do this, and it’s really, really powerful for us to be able to give voice to that community.”
