Najva Sol remembers her anxiety three years ago when she arranged to meet her mother and father in a Rockville coffee shop to reveal a truth she had been keeping from them. She knew what she was going to say; she’d rehearsed her speech. But to her surprise, the then 21- year-old Muslim American discovered her parents already knew it all. Read full article > >

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In new book, Muslim American women tell their own love (and sex) stories

Najva Sol remembers her anxiety three years ago when she arranged to meet her mother and father in a Rockville coffee shop to reveal a truth she had been keeping from them. She knew what she was going to say; she’d rehearsed her speech. But to her surprise, the then 21- year-old Muslim American discovered her parents already knew it all. Read full article > >

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In new book, Muslim American women tell their own love (and sex) stories

On Friday, President Obama was in Richmond hoping to show Americans that he has a plan to jump-start the economy. “Let’s just shake off all the naysaying and the anxiety and the hand-wringing,” he said. “Enough of that. Let’s get to work.” Tuesday, he’ll try in Columbus, Ohio, and on Wednesday, it’ll be in Raleigh-Durham, N.C. But as he ventures outside the politically barbed confines of Washington, it is becoming increasingly clear that the monumental task of figuring out how to pay for his jobs plan will fall to the new special congressional committee already charged with the daunting task of reducing the deficit by $1.5 trillion. Read full article > >

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