Pres. Obama honors Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir
Randomly stumbled on this tonight and wanted to share it.
Here's the entire story linked.
Here's the part of President Obama's speech about Abdul-Qaadir:
Another young woman who has thrived in her school is Bilqis
Abdul-Qaadir. She's not even 5'5 -- where's Bilqis? Right here. Stand
up, Bilqis, just so that we -- (laughter) -- I want everybody to know
-- she's got heels on. She's 5'5 -- Bilqis broke Rebecca Lobo's record
for the most points scored by any high school basketball player in
Massachusetts history. (Applause.) She recently told a reporter, "I'd
like to really inspire a lot of young Muslim girls if they want to play
basketball. Anything is possible. They can do it, too." As an honor
student, as an athlete on her way to Memphis, Bilqis is an inspiration
not simply to Muslim girls -- she's an inspiration to all of us.
Abdul-Qaadir is at Memphis this year. Here's the Memphis Commercial Appeal's story from before the event.








