USA: Muslim women activists in North America - speaking for ourselves
Source:
University of Texas Press This publication includes the stories of 17 Muslim women who devote themselves to some kind of activism in addition to their other life activities - wife, mother, student, worker, and so on - and shows Muslim women are active in a myriad of ways.
Website Link:
http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/excerpts/exbulmus.html
Submitted on Tue, 01/03/2006 - 01:00
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