The Legacy of a Remarkable Muslim Woman: Sharifa Alkhateeb

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Copyright 2004, Association for Middle East Women's Studies, Indiana University Press. This is a pre-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication in the edited journal The Review, Newsletter/Journal of Middle East Women's Studies, following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available through Indiana University Press: http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/catalog/index.php?cPath=519_832. See also: http://www.eself-learning-arabic.cornell.edu/publications.htm#4American Muslim intellectual, activist, journalist, writer, and friend to all Muslim women, Sharifa Alkhateeb, passed away Wednesday, October 21, 2004 AD/7 Ramadhan, 1425 AH. Sharifa has been an advocate for Muslims and more specifically Muslim women nationally and internationally for the last 35 years. She was the creator, co-founder, and president of the North American Council of Muslim Women (NACMW)