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By Hadeel Al-Shalchi / The Bulletin
January 5, 2009
CAIRO, Egypt — Amira Khairy is mobbed by housewives kissing her cheeks in greeting as she arrives to give a lesson on reciting the Quran to women at the Al-Sedeeq mosque in a Cairo suburb. Students set up chairs for the class, and soon the hum of chanting female voices fills one of the....