Muslim Women Activists in North America: Speaking for Ourselves

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vii Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Introduction Katherine Bullock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Chapter One Silent Revolution of a Muslim Arab American Scholar-Activist Nimat Hafez Barazangi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter Two Allah Doesn’t Change the Condition of People until They Change Themselves Ekram Beshir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Chapter Three War Zones: Anecdotes Mariam Bhabha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Chapter Four Activism as a Way of Life Katherine Bullock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Chapter Five My Life Journey Muniza Farooqi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Chapter Six Rawahil Khadija Haffajee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Chapter Seven Rocking the Boat and Stirring the Pot Rose Hamid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Chapter Eight Struggling with Words, Striving through Words: My Odyssey in Activism Gul Joya Jafri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Chapter Nine Working to Help All the World’s Children Laila Al-Marayati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 viii Chapter Ten Building a Community for the Next Generation Olivia Monem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Chapter Eleven In Pursuit of Peace and Justice Nadira Mustapha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Chapter Twelve Activism: A Passion for Justice Samadah Raquibah Amatul Nur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Chapter Thirteen Activism: A Part of Life Mona Rahman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Chapter Fourteen Life of a Muslim Woman Activist Margaret Sabir-Gillette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Chapter Fifteen Muslim Activist: Mother and Educator Freda Shamma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Chapter Sixteen Taking the Bus to the World of Islamic Activism Samana Siddiqui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Chapter Seventeen Is the Reward for Good Other than Good? Shahina Siddiqui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Chapter Eighteen Undoing Internalized Inferiority Tayyibah Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 About the Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Contents ...