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Two Muslims, Playing Against Stereotype | The Jewish Week

December 2, 2010 islamoyankee
Yes, Zeba is a friend. 

Two Muslims, Playing Against Stereotype | The Jewish Week.

Zeba Khan was born and raised in a middle-class home in Toledo, Ohio, and for nine years attended the local Jewish day school, The Hebrew Academy, going to morning minyan every day. She graduated in 1993.

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