Participatory media production through on-line self-publishing platforms is interesting in important ways. In particular the call for diverse representation in genre fiction has been growing in online communities, such as Wattpad, for some time. Wattpad is a free social media writing and reading platform and mobile application with more than 35 million global users each month. Narratives that have traditionally been excluded from publication are now able to be self-published through various online retailers and user generated online platforms. Romance texts published on Wattpad that feature Muslim protagonists and Muslim-centred love stories demonstrate the popularity of these stories. This paper explores their social and political impact.
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