#  Muslim Women Gain Higher Profile In U.S. 

 





December 27, 2010

 

 

Author: Brian Knowlton

Source: The New York Times

[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/world/middleeast/28iht-muslim28.html?\_r=2&scp=1&sq=life%20in%20the%20u.s.%20brings%20success%20and%20visibility&st=cse](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/world/middleeast/28iht-muslim28.html?_r=2&scp=1&sq=life%20in%20the%20u.s.%20brings%20success%20and%20visibility&st=cse)

Around Sept. 11, 2001, not long after she founded the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta, Soumaya Khalifa heard from a group whose name sounded like “Bakers Club.” It wanted a presentation.

The address was unfamiliar, but she went anyway. The group turned out to be the Bickerers Club, whose members love to argue. Islam was their topic du jour and their venue was a tavern. Ms. Khalifa laughed, and made the best of it.



 

 

 



 

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