SEN Magazine
Former TV-presenter Senay Ozdemir founded the monthly woman's magazine SEN in March 2004. SEN's demographic is Mediterranean women aged 20-35 living in the Netherlands. SEN Magazine is a glossy, full colour magazine packed full of interesting and authoritative features, news and articles covering all issues to do with mediterranean women with islamic background.
SEN (since 2007 only available in digital version) showcases the personal success stories of Mediteranean women who participate fully in Dutch society as students, professionals, and civic artists. It highlights the stories of refugees who are integrating into the broader society. Articles cover professional ambition, education, fashion, society, culture and the arts. Ozdemir writes a question-and-answer column that tackles a wide range of topics, from guidance on birth control practices, to helping a depressend friend, to how to request a salary increase. The magazine nurtures young talent by providing internships to journalism students.
In 2005 the magazine is sold to Europe's largest publisher of woman's magazines, Sanoma Publishers. A year later Sanoma decided to drop the print format and it became an online publication.
SEN's fans extended beyond its subscribers: The Dutch daily newspaper de Volkskrant named it 2004's best new magazine, and several feminist writers have lauded it as well. Award-winning American journalist Abigail Esman wrote a 2-page article about SEN Magazine for Foreign Policy. Esman ended her story with this sentence: "In creating a place where it is safe for Muslim youth to "be Western", Ozdemir may have accomplished more than any well–intentioned government program."
In July 2010, Forbes Magazine mentioned SEN Magazine impressively in their column. Click here for the article.
SEN (since 2007 only available in digital version) showcases the personal success stories of Mediteranean women who participate fully in Dutch society as students, professionals, and civic artists. It highlights the stories of refugees who are integrating into the broader society. Articles cover professional ambition, education, fashion, society, culture and the arts. Ozdemir writes a question-and-answer column that tackles a wide range of topics, from guidance on birth control practices, to helping a depressend friend, to how to request a salary increase. The magazine nurtures young talent by providing internships to journalism students.
In 2005 the magazine is sold to Europe's largest publisher of woman's magazines, Sanoma Publishers. A year later Sanoma decided to drop the print format and it became an online publication.
SEN's fans extended beyond its subscribers: The Dutch daily newspaper de Volkskrant named it 2004's best new magazine, and several feminist writers have lauded it as well. Award-winning American journalist Abigail Esman wrote a 2-page article about SEN Magazine for Foreign Policy. Esman ended her story with this sentence: "In creating a place where it is safe for Muslim youth to "be Western", Ozdemir may have accomplished more than any well–intentioned government program."
In July 2010, Forbes Magazine mentioned SEN Magazine impressively in their column. Click here for the article.