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Looking at NbA Muslim Women Writers: Khadijah’s got her Groove

F.A. Ibrahim’s novel centers on Khadijah, a stay at home mom who is running a picture perfect household. She has a great husband, beautiful kids and things are always organized. Khadijah seems to have it all together until she begins to be affected by a series of situations that she must face.  As a result,  Khadijah decides to engage in a personal journey of self-discovery and enrichment.

About Layla Abdullah-Poulos

Layla Abdullah-Poulos is an alumna of SUNY Empire State College with a Bachelor of Arts in Historical Studies and Literature and is presently a student in the School for Graduate Studies. She expects to complete her studies and receive a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies and Advance Certificates in Women and Gender Studies and American Studies by 2016. An aspiring academic, Abdullah-Poulos uses her knowledge not only to develop her own scholarship but also that of other SUNY Empire State College students. A proponent for the enrichment of higher education through diversity, she plans to continue her work as an educator who conveys to students an ethnically diverse historical awareness and furnish them with the skills necessary to acquire political proficiency and constructively affect societal change.

2 comments on “Looking at NbA Muslim Women Writers: Khadijah’s got her Groove

  1. Corbin
    August 18, 2015

    I love your book reviews. It’s like I’m in your book club 😀

    Like

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