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Tag Archives: hijab
The Fight Between the Veil and Secularity
Many Westerners view modest clothing as the ultimate sign of Muslim women’s oppression. They assume that the concept of the veil, whether a headscarf or a full-body covering, is based on the outdated idea that women’s bodies are overly sexual … Continue reading
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Tagged fashion, hijab, Islam, modernity, pious, secular, veil, veiling
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Lived Subjectivity and Veiling in Turkey
The veil is the most visible symbol of Islam and as such has been subject to much debate. In the following post, I attempt to move away from the problematic discourse of “veiling controversies”― which suggest a good and a … Continue reading
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Tagged gender, hijab, Islam, nationalism, secularism, Turkey, Turkish secularism, veiling
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