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Telling Muslim Women What Not To Wear

Kari Ansari | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Islamic Clothing, Muslim Women, France Niqab, Hijab, Niqab Ban, Muslim Womens Rights, Abaya, Muslim Women's Dress, Nicolas Sarkozy, French Veil Ban, French Burqa Ban, Religious Freedom in France, Muslim Modesty, Islam in France, Religious Tolerance, Religion News
Kari Ansari

France has now officially outlawed the Islamic niqab or burqa in public. Where's the liberté in that?

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Strawberry Ice Cream

Jacqueline H. Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam Women, Islam, Hijab, Islamic Headwear, Abaya, World News
Jacqueline H. Wilson

Having lived and traveled in the Middle East on and off since 1985, I was no stranger to seeing women covered in black... Yet I had never covered my face with the exception of the briefest attempts at trying the hijab.

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I See Belgium, I See France: I See the Burqa's Last Dance

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Persian Gulf, France, Public Dress, Chador, Nudity, Extremist, Veiling, European, England, Public Veiling, Public Nudity, Veil, Niqab, Female Rights, Society, Belgium, Women, Segregate, Neqab, Hijab, Girl, Hejab, Woman, Public, Headscarf, Abaya, Dubai, Burqa, Covering, Girls, Gender Equality, Underwear, Segregation, World News
Shirin Sadeghi

For some governments, banning burqas about placing a legal element of moderation on public dress. Worldwide today, total nudity is usually illegal, these governments are simply saying that the other extreme is also not acceptable.

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Poetic Justice in a Pint Sized Pistol: Hissa Hillal, Live! from The Land of Invisible Women

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arab World, Islam, Hijab, Hissa Hilal, Feminism, Abaya, Poetry, Religion, Veil, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Quran, Niqab, Muslim, Muslim Women, Women in Islam, Arabic Women, Feminism in Islam, Qanta Ahmed, Arabia Poet, Hissa Hillal, Saudi Arabian Poetry, Saudi Woman Poet, Arabic Poet, Saudi, Saudi Arabia Poet, Saudi Poetess Hissa Hillal, Saudi Poetry, Religion News
Qanta Ahmed, MD

This is why Hissa Hillal's poetry is such a colossal cultural moment: not merely because one Saudi woman has had the courage to speak out, but because of the cascading, tumultuous conversation this will certainly uncork. Like a gathering storm, a cloudburst of cultural rebellion is mounting.

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Human Rights Hotties?

Rick Cleveland | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Morocco, Satc, Abu Dhabi, Sex and the City, Sex and the City 2, Burka, Abaya, Dubai, Sarah Jessica Parker, Style News
Rick Cleveland

I wonder how it is that this smart, talented, presumably goodhearted group of people could have been so oblivious about traipsing around a misogynist oil sheikdom in eight-hundred dollar shoes.

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Dowd: Non-Muslim Pilgrim in Mecca

nytimes.com | MAUREEN DOWD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Muhammad, Religion, Abaya, Saudi Arabia, Hajj, Medina, Hajj Pilgrimage, Mecca, Jidda, Religion News

I was told that non-Muslims could not visit mosques -- not even the one on the hotel grounds....

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Bye Bye Abaya

Sally Thorner | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, In the Land of Invisible Women, Riyadh, Qanta Ahmed, Abaya, Saudi Arabia, Healthy Living News
Sally Thorner

Something happened when I ducked into an airport bathroom to change into my Saudi uniform. It was depressing. It wasn't about color. It wasn't about style. It was about choice. About freedom.

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Sarkozy's Rejection of the Burqa Will Only Further Marginalize Muslims

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Burqa, Women's Rights, Islam, France, Saudi Arabia, Muslims, Discrimination, Abaya, Nicolas Sarkozy, World News
Sabria Jawhar

Muslim women locked in a tyrannical chokehold by Muslim men can rest easy. French President Nicolas Sarkozy is ready to rescue us.

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Saudi Women Dare To Wear Leopard Print, Glitter Abayas Despite Risks

AP | DONNA ABU-NASR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fashion, Fashion/Apparel, Saudi Abayas, Abaya, Saudi Women, Saudi Dress Code, Style News

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia — For years, the only thing sold openly in Saudi stores selling women's cloaks were of the all-black, drab covering variety...

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