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Mubarakah Ibrahim and Her Muslim Sisters Break Stereotypes and Empower Women

By Alexis Fitts

New Haven Advocate | April 22, 2008

In the two years that Ibrahim has owned New Haven's Balance Fitness, her business has been making waves far beyond the health industry. She has become something of a poster child for a breed of Muslim women who are publicly defying the stereotypes of suppressed, submissive women of Islam.

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Tags: religion, Muslims, Islam, Women's Rights, Mubarakah Ibrahim

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