After Words
Asra Nomani
2005-07-24T21:01:36-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvODRkXC8xODc3MTAtbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Asra Nomani discussed her book Standing Alone in Mecca: An American Woman’s Struggle for the Soul of Islam, published by HarperSanFrancisco. She discussed her campaign against sexism in her local mosque in Morgantown, West Virginia. She was interviewed by Akbar Ahmed, an Islamic scholar and professor at American University. A few photographs were shown.
Asra Nomani is a former Wall Street Journal correspondent. She has also written for the Washington Post, the New York Times, and Time magazine on Islam. She covered the war in Afghanistan for Salon, and her work has appeared in Cosmo, Sports Illustrated for Women, and People. Ms. Nomani currently lives in Morgantown, West Virginia with her son. There, she challenged rules at her mosque that required women enter through a back door and pray in a secluded balcony and is on trial at her mosque to be banished. Ms. Nomani is the founder and creator of the Muslim Women’s Freedom Tour. On March 1, 2005, she posted on the do
Asra Nomani discussed her book Standing Alone in Mecca: An American Woman’s Struggle for the Soul of Islam, published by HarperSanFrancisco. She…
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Asra Nomani discussed her book Standing Alone in Mecca: An American Woman’s Struggle for the Soul of Islam, published by HarperSanFrancisco. She discussed her campaign against sexism in her local mosque in Morgantown, West Virginia. She was interviewed by Akbar Ahmed, an Islamic scholar and professor at American University. A few photographs were shown.
Asra Nomani is a former Wall Street Journal correspondent. She has also written for the Washington Post, the New York Times, and Time magazine on Islam. She covered the war in Afghanistan for Salon, and her work has appeared in Cosmo, Sports Illustrated for Women, and People. Ms. Nomani currently lives in Morgantown, West Virginia with her son. There, she challenged rules at her mosque that required women enter through a back door and pray in a secluded balcony and is on trial at her mosque to be banished. Ms. Nomani is the founder and creator of the Muslim Women’s Freedom Tour. On March 1, 2005, she posted on the do close
Asra Nomani is a former Wall Street Journal correspondent. She has also written for the Washington Post, the New York Times, and Time magazine on Islam. She covered the war in Afghanistan for Salon, and her work has appeared in Cosmo, Sports Illustrated for Women, and People. Ms. Nomani currently lives in Morgantown, West Virginia with her son. There, she challenged rules at her mosque that required women enter through a back door and pray in a secluded balcony and is on trial at her mosque to be banished. Ms. Nomani is the founder and creator of the Muslim Women’s Freedom Tour. On March 1, 2005, she posted on the do
Asra Nomani discussed her book Standing Alone in Mecca: An American Woman’s Struggle for the Soul of Islam, published by HarperSanFrancisco. She… read more
Asra Nomani discussed her book Standing Alone in Mecca: An American Woman’s Struggle for the Soul of Islam, published by HarperSanFrancisco. She discussed her campaign against sexism in her local mosque in Morgantown, West Virginia. She was interviewed by Akbar Ahmed, an Islamic scholar and professor at American University. A few photographs were shown.
Asra Nomani is a former Wall Street Journal correspondent. She has also written for the Washington Post, the New York Times, and Time magazine on Islam. She covered the war in Afghanistan for Salon, and her work has appeared in Cosmo, Sports Illustrated for Women, and People. Ms. Nomani currently lives in Morgantown, West Virginia with her son. There, she challenged rules at her mosque that required women enter through a back door and pray in a secluded balcony and is on trial at her mosque to be banished. Ms. Nomani is the founder and creator of the Muslim Women’s Freedom Tour. On March 1, 2005, she posted on the do close
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