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Title Muslim women activists in North America : speaking for ourselves / edited by Katherine Bullock
Edition 1st ed
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 215 pages) : illustrations
Contents Silent revolution of a Muslim Arab American Scholar-Activist / Nimat Hafez Barazangi -- Allah doesn't change the condition of people until they change themselves / Ekram Beshir -- War zones: anecdotes / Mariam Bhabha -- Activism as a way of life / Katherine Bullock -- My life journey / Muniza Farooqi -- Rawahil / Khadija Haffajee -- Rocking the boat and stirring the pot / Rose Hamid -- Struggling with words, striving through words: my odyssey in activism / Gul Joya Jafri -- Working to help all the world's children / Laila Al-Marayati -- Building a community for the next generation / Olivia Monem -- In pursuit of peace and justice / Nadira Mustapha -- Activism: a passion for justice / Samadah Raquibah Amatul Nur -- Activism: a part of life / Mona Rahman -- Life of a Muslim woman activist / Margaret Sabir-Gillette -- Muslim activist: mother and educator / Freda Shamma -- Taking the bus to the world of Islamic activism / Samana Siddiqui -- Is the reward for good other than good? / Shahina Siddiqui -- Undoing internalized inferiority / Tayyibah Taylor
Summary Annotation Eighteen autobiographical essays by U.S. and Canadian Muslim women who are active in fighting for social justice both within and beyond the Muslim community
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 201)
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Muslim women -- North America -- Biography
Social action -- North America -- Case studies
Voluntarism -- North America -- Case studies
Women in Islam -- North America -- Case studies
Women social reformers -- North America -- Biography
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
Muslim women
Social action
Voluntarism
Women in Islam
Women social reformers
Muslimin
Soziale Bewegung
North America
Nordamerika
Genre/Form collective biographies.
Biographies
Case studies
Biographies.
Case studies.
Biographies.
Études de cas.
Form Electronic book
Author Bullock, Katherine, 1967-
ISBN 9780292706316
0292706316
9780292706668
0292706669
0292796617
9780292796614