Muslim Women's League Audience Demands Encore From Islamic Feminist Poet Mohja Kahf

From: The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs | Date: December 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Muslim Women's League Audience Demands Encore From Islamic Feminist Poet Mohja Kahf

"Right on!"

"That's right, Sister!"

"More, more, more!"

No, I wasn't at a rock concert or a political rally, I was at a poetry reading given by the Muslim Women's League. The poet was Mohja Kahf, a professor of comparative literature at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Attired in khaki slacks and a red blazer, Kahf was the epitome of a young professional. Her mark of distinction was a hijab emblazoned with red, blue, yellow and green polka dots.

From the moment she bounded to center stage and took ...

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