Greek Life and the Muslim girl

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The campus Greek community is no stranger to the growth of non-traditional and religious sororities: Christian, Jewish, Black, Asian, Hispanic, multicultural, and lesbian sororities can be found on campuses nationwide. But before Gamma Gamma Chi, many Muslim women struggled to find sororities that would mesh with their beliefs. “I thought this would be an excellent opportunity to form such an underrepresented and needed organization,” says Abdul-Haqq, now vice president and assistant director of Gamma Gamma Chi.

Arwa Abualsoud, a prospective Gamma Gamma Chi member, says she also faced exclusion from sororities because of her hijab. She was also deterred from joining by the stereotype of the “sorority party girl” that she had picked up from movies. “Sorority life was a totally different lifestyle than the one I have,” she says. But she quickly changed her mind when she and friend Sundus Elghumati heard about Gamma Gamma Chi and its alternative approach to sorority life.