hijab
Turkey Almost Votes for Religious Freedom!
According to the print issue of the International Herald Tribune on Feb 8, Lawmakers voted early Thursday to approve a constitutional amendment to allow women to enter universities wearing Islamic head scarves, a move that many secular Turks view as an attempt to impose religion on their daily lives. Lawmakers voted 401 to 110 in [...]
Hijabi Fashion on the Syrian Streets
Having spent a summer in Damascus this past year, I would have to say blogger/cartoonist Puppeteer at the brilliantly titled Journal…of an Axis of Evil Citizen has hit the nail on the head with her rendition of Syrian (more like Damascene) Hijabi street wear [click on image to enlarge] The only recommendation I would have [...]
Seriously, I got a problem… (and its not my overuse of rhetorical questions)
I feel like such an orientalist, What can I say? I always turn my nose up at the dumb American media when it recycles the same old tropes about Muslim women: “oh my gosh, she is wearing a hijab and is a journalist/activist/marathon runner/sentient being/etc.” -MSM However, part of me is undeniably titillated by these [...]
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