Word: iman
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...fitting sweatshirts and Islamic hijab scarves - and there are no men in the crowd. Instead, it is at the Islamic Games 2008 that the girls of New York City's Al-Madinah school team are struggling to contain the marauding forwards of the New Jersey private school Noor-Ul Iman. The Games, held in New Jersey last weekend, are the largest community sporting event for Muslims in North America, and basketball for teenage girls was a new feature of this year's event. The first tournament was staged 15 years ago but then petered out for a while...
...girls from the triumphant Noor-Ul Iman School see things differently. In their interpretation, Islam allows girls to play basketball in college. The New Jersey team has been playing for five years, and often before a mixed audience. "As long as we have our hijabs and are dressed in loose clothing, it's all right to play in front of men," says Asma Saud...
...unfair” to the professors involved in the process. A dozen professors either declined to speak about Adolphson’s situation or did not return requests for comment last night. Adolphson will have to leave the University after his contract ends next spring. Iman Khosrowpour, a third-year graduate student who drafted the letter, said that Adolphson “should have tenure because we think he’s the best in his field, not only as a scholar but as a mentor.” “At this point in Japanese historical scholarship...
...York opened “Black Style Now,” an exhibit celebrating the contributions of black people to the fashion industry. The exhibit pays homage not only to Kangol hats and shiny suits, but also to prominent black designers such as Tracy Reese and models such as Iman. In addition, artists such as Nas, Lupe Fiasco, and Kanye West have taken a commendable first step to vilify blood diamonds in a culture that often glorifies extraordinarily flashy jewelry...
...Iman Badawi trudged up two flights of stairs inside the ramshackle Helwan School for Girls, looking for the classroom that had been turned into a polling station. The 42-year-old former teacher said she was certain that President Hosni Mubarak?s ruling party would rig the vote as it had done in past elections. Nonetheless, she took her 10-year-old daughter by the hand, entered the room and cast her ballot for opposition candidate Ayman Nour. ?I brought my daughter to show her the importance of participating,? Badawi said outside the school in Helwan, an industrial city...