Asra Nomani: "Standing Alone in Mecca" (Harper San Francisco)
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2005-03-29/asra-nomani-standing-alone-mecca-harper-san-francisco
A Muslim woman born in India and raised in West Virginia recounts the hajj she took with her infant son, father and mother and niece and nephew. She examines the role of women in Islam and details her fight against sexism and intolerance at her local mosque.
Guests
Asra Nomani
a former correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, has written for the Washington Post, the New York Times, and Time magazine. She is the author of "Tantrika: Traveling the Road of Divine Love."
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