Last week, Saudi Arabian satellite TV channel Al Ekhbariya became the center of controversy when they featured an anchorwoman during a broadcast without a veil—supposedly the first time a female presenter has done so. While many decried the newscaster's appearance as a disgrace to tradition, others saw it as an…
There are already reports that France's "burqa ban" is inciting more harassment of Muslim women, and now it's giving other countries horrible ideas. Yesterday, the Canadian government announced that from now on Muslim women must take off or lift their veil when taking the oath of citizenship. We expected so much…
Says Hazel Thompson on her six-month project photographing women in Bahrain:
Two self-described web-activists called Niqabitch are making a splash in the French (and European) media landscape. To protest France's burqa ban, they're mixing things up a bit and throwing together a niqab with a miniskirt.
An Australian court has ruled that a woman cannot wear her niqab to testify in court — but the decision may be more about prejudice than legal necessity.
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"I'm as American as anyone else, I watch movies, [...] I work outside the home, I'm pursuing my dreams, the only difference is that little piece of fabric I wrap around my head. Big whoop." — Mariam Sobh [BoingBoing]
Whenever I talk with Fatemeh about feminist issues, one of her most common laments is how the obsession with the veil obscures conversations about the issues Muslim women face. Today, I read two articles that illustrate why.
A jewelry store in Glasgow says customers cannot wear anything covering their faces, following a robbery by men disguised as Muslim women. Veil-wearing women, however, can schedule an appointment with a female staffer. [The Telegraph]
Since 2006, the guerrilla street artist "Princess Hijab" has been "hijab-izing" Parisian ads, covering pictured women's faces and bodies with spray paint and marker and pasting original "hijab ads" around the city.
