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Veiled views

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January-February 2015, no. 368

What is Veiling? by Sahar Amer

Edinburgh University Press, $34.99 pb, 248 pp

Veiled views

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January-February 2015, no. 368

As a child growing up Catholic in the late 1960s, I wore a black lacy veil over my hair to church every Sunday. After losing my religion sometime in my mid-teens, I had forgotten about this veil wearing until I found myself arguing with far too many people about the ‘burqa ban’. The general vitriol, together with the presumptions many people hold about Muslim women in particular, and Islam more generally, make me wonder how veiling has generated such significance in everyday life, national policy, and foreign affairs.

Carolyn D'Cruz reviews 'What is Veiling?' by Sahar Amer

What is Veiling?

by Sahar Amer

Edinburgh University Press, $34.99 pb, 248 pp

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