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To hear Tahanie Aboushi tell it, a courtroom can be a strange place for a Muslim woman lawyer.1
“I’ve had judges call me Tahini. I once had a judge, in open court, look at my name and say, ‘Farsi? Egypt? Pakistan?’ I said, ‘Tahanie Aboushi?’” She laughed, shaking her head.2