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Sporty hijabs help Muslim girls keep up pace in athletics

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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Muslim student athletes at one U.S. high school no longer have to be slowed down by worries that their headscarves might fall off.Deering High School in Portland, Maine, is providing sport hijabs with the goal of making Muslim girls...

Collen Rost-Banik

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Ms. Colleen Rost-Banik became a Pluralism Project in 2002 with her research on religious diversity and civil society in Maine. After graduating from Harvard Divinity School, Ms. Rost-Banik worked with the Maine Council of Churches to organize interfaith...

Kambiz Ghaneabassiri

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Dr. Kambiz GhaneaBassiri is professor of religion and humanities at Reed College. He became a Pluralism Project affiliate in 2004 when he began engaging Reed College students in the process of research for the Portland Muslim History Project.

 

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Bosnian Cultural and Education Center

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Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 2 July 2014. Phone: 503-880-7871 [flickr_set id="72157621939414678"] This profile was researched and written by Muntasir Sattar of Reed College, under the direction of Dr...