Varqa Magazine Reaches Subscribers in 70 Countries

TORONTO, Canada, 15 June 2004 -- The second issue of Varqa International Children’s Magazine (ISSN: 1708-7767) has been distributed to subscribers in over 70 countries.  The popular children’s magazine, which was first published in Iran and India, has returned, and it is already reaching children around the world. 

A letter to the editor from Hand of the Cause of God Dr. A. M. Varqa says “Praise and gratitude to the threshold of the Lord of Celestial Concourse for enabling you to create this innovative scheme which no doubt shall be the source of great development in the spiritual training of the Baha’i children.” 

Dr. Varqa writes, “Since my days in Iran, I was aware of the extent of the popularity and usefulness of Varqa Magazine among the Baha’i children and their families.  Even the non-Baha’i children who had come to know this publication through their Baha'i friends, had developed such love for it and in turn had caused their parents to become interested in the magazine.  I am confident that with the focus and perseverance inherent in you . . . this magazine shall be successful and welcomed by the children of the world, Baha'i or otherwise. I hope that this shall eventually be published in hundred of thousands of copies as the top and foremost useful educational publication of the world.”  

Varqa International Children's Magazine is a full-colour 40-page literary magazine for children 7 to 14 years old with stories, poems, articles, and games.  Varqa is the only advertisement-free children’s magazine in Canada and may have the most diverse readership of any children’s magazine in Canada. 

The aim of Varqa magazine is to provide children of all faiths with content that can be seen as a positive alternative to the images and ideas prevalent in the media today.  Because the magazine is not just for Baha’i children, Varqa can be shared with the children of all backgrounds and creates an additional resource for neighbourhood children’s classes, a core activity of the Five Year Plan. 

Varqa is available by subscription through Varqa’s website www.varqamagazine.com