Summary Of Muslim Women's Individual Veiling Practices

The main topic of this text is the veil in North African and Middle-Eastern regions. Western people and Middle-Eastern people do not share the same opinion about its use, while the occidental region considers it as a simple cloth, sometimes it is even considered as humiliating, the Middle-Eastern region gives an important value to it due to its religious and historical significance. Many authors from different countries debated about the pros and cons of wearing

The “mold of a Muslim post 9/11 was anyone fitting the description of a Muslim, which was wearing a hijab for women and wearing a turban for men. If you went to a mosque, which was the Muslim house of worship, you were considered a Muslim. Anyone who fit that “mold” had a red flag put on them. For example, Rasha and her family were arrested and detained by the FBI in the middle of the night, “because they were being investigated for possible terrorism connections” (21). Due to the heightened level of security after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 committed by Muslim extremist; this family was targeted because of their religious beliefs. Ironically, the Muslim extremism that the terrorists of 9/11 depicted was a direct contrast of the true core Muslim values of honesty and compassion that Muslims are taught in their families. For instance, when she was young, Rasha’s parents taught her “the simple values of honesty, compassion and protecting her honor” (17). Readers can see that Rasha’s family valued their Muslim heritage and brought her up to value them as

Abayas, shailas, burkas, and chadors: all are forms of veiling in the Middle East, and all are perceived as symbols of oppression and patriarchy by the West. The veil worn by a Middle Eastern woman is striking and beautiful in its simplicity and elegance. The hijab, the most common form of veiling, leaves only the face visible with the neck and hair completely covered. Onlookers are in awe at the mystery and symbolism associated with the many veils created out of fine, exotic silk. But such notions of oppression and patriarchy often associated with veiling are not only inherently biased and ironic – it would be interesting to explore the symbolism behind a mini-skirt or a pair of five-inch heels, no? – but they are also inaccurate. Although veiling has most definitely been used in the Middle East as a “mechanism in the service of patriarchy, a means of regulating and controlling women’s lives” (Hoodfar, 5), it has also been used as a mode for rebellion and self-expression. Marjane Satrapi, an Iranian woman who grew up during the Islamic revolution, resisted the regime and the universalizing nature of the veil in the hope that she could maintain her individual identity whilst communicating her political ideologies. By examining the way in which the veil is represented in Satrapi’s graphic memoir, Persepolis, while also considering the history of veiling in Iran, it will become evident that the veil is not just a political tool used by male chauvinists; it also presents an

There is also a great deal of conflict found in Americans’ misunderstanding and ignorance of issues regarding women’s rights and gender equality within the religion and practices of Islam. In the context of American society, the traditional wear of Muslim women is often misinterpreted and misunderstood. The hijab, which is used to veil the heads of Muslim women, rarely goes unnoticed in the eyes of most Americans. Non-Muslims frequently associate this piece of traditional Islamic attire with ideas of subordination and oppression, while disregarding the religious, cultural, and personal motivations that influence a woman’s decision to wear such an article of clothing. While many American women might view Islamic dress code as being confining and restrictive, many Muslim women feel that their clothing actually frees them from the negative attention that can stem from one’s physical attire and appearance. Wearing hijab liberates women from “the constricting mores governing appearance such as fashion trends and the societal expectations of how a woman should look.” The modest covering of the hair and body allows a woman to walk freely in public without being subjected to the suggestive glances and flirtations of men.

I am using this article to support my main idea and to make my paper stronger by using the article ‘s examples. The article also provides information on how Muslims women are afraid to walk alone, and I am going to focus on women who wears scarf in Europe.

In the article readers are giving further insight into the burqa as well as the veil, two very important articles of clothing in the Muslim religion (Abu-Lughod, 2002, 785). The article states, that in the Muslim religion, “veiling signifies belonging to

Many times Americans will make quick assumptions about another culture in order to explain aspects about that culture that they may not understand completely. This sort of practice can be extremely detrimental to a group of people because it can lead to harmful stereotypes, that, once they set in, become increasingly touch to get rid of or prove wrong. It was interesting how Fadda-Conrey talked about how Muslims and Arabs spend much of their time and energy into trying to defend themselves and tell people what “they are not”, and therefore, have very little time to put any sort of work into the other issues that need addressing. Her goal with her book is to address how Americans approach minorities and women, in hopes of creating a more full understanding of different cultural identities. On the other hand, she also delved into the issues with viewing Muslim women and their practices, involving veiling. Americans, having a vastly different culture regarding clothing, assume that veiling is a representation of oppression, so that their new mission becomes, “Allow the white man to save the Muslim woman from the brown

Over the past 120 years, women’s lives in the Middle East (and everywhere else for that matter) have greatly changed. This is partially from many Middle Eastern countries being controlled by European countries and being forced to change and also due to increasing opportunities for women. Particularly from turn of the 20th century to now, women’s roles in Middle Eastern society have really changed. Along with that, many things have changed about the hijab in the past 120 years, particularly women’s’ relationship with the hijab, their reasons for wearing one and how society sees women who wear a hijab.

Around the world the hijab, niqab, burqa, and other veils Muslim women wear are being criticized and made into news stories and or debates about whether Muslim women should be allowed to veil. Muslim Women are taking a stand against Western critiques of veiling by breaking down the critiques positioned by the West and Western feminists; in addition Muslim women are expressing autonomy and their self-determination for their right to choose to veil which leads to critiquing power of the state. (Ferrero)This essay will first outline the critiques of veiling and their historical context, then move to discuss how specific Muslim women see their lives and express their self-determination and finally the essay will conclude will an overall view of how Muslim women are critiquing the power of the state in order to control decisions regarding their

After reading this book I found out that when the author converted to Islam she noticed a lot of stereotypes directed to her and others around her. In the book the author shares her experience by saying when she started wearing the veil there was an incident in a school regarding two Canadian school girls. In the book it says “two school girls in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, were sent home from school for refusing to remove their headscarves in class.” This shows us how wearing the veil was not accepted in a school which sparked a debate regarding the meaning of the veil. In an interview that was conducted that appeared in the global mail a person named Jeffery Simpson gave his opinion about the mater regarding the veil. He said that Muslim women should be allowed to wear the veil if they want to but then it caused an argument from to two women that suggested that women wear the veil just because they are forced to wear it. The author, Katherine Bullock took a survey of women that were wearing the veil to see their opinions and she took this study to get the views of women that wore the veil. From the women that she interviewed were fifteen Sunni and one Ismaili women that wore. This study taken by the author was to see their view point on the veil. In the book the author explains the reasons women choose to wear the veil. The author gives us another example about how the veil was preserved in the Canada. There was a student named Nur an undergraduate who had a traumatic experience while she was wearing the Hijab. She was approached by a women who

Knowing that a Muslim women veiling herself can change people's opinions. That just by dressing and acting in accordance with her beliefs. Muslim women can be a positive symbol of something is one of the most empowering feelings in the world. From Morocco to Iran, as well as in Europe and North America, veiling has come to show the differences between the West and Islam (John 2745). The veiling of a Muslim women is her choice and identity to the world. Similar to Christians and the cross or the national

In 1979, it was being enforced that women have to wear veils, Marjane was ten and in school when this happened, she didn’t understand it nor did she like it, “Then came 1980: the year it became obligatory to wear the veil at school. We didn’t like to wear the veil, especially since we didn’t understand why we had to.” (p.3). Boys and girls were separated and bilingual schools were shut down because “They are symbols of capitalism” (p.4). Later on her family friends Mohsen and Siamek, political prisoners,

I was always interested on how Muslim women have to wear a burqa (full veil, where even the eyes are hidden), niqab (face veil) or hijab (headscarf), and some girls/women choose to wear the veil. There are many debates over if they should ban the burqa to think women are forced by men in their lives to wear it. A lot in Muslim countries, women lack in equality and even basic rights that other women in other countries take for granted; the burqa is one example of patriarchal control. Some women are forced to wear a burqa or niqab out of fear of being beaten, arrested or be killed, and some women choose to wear a the veil is their choice and their right.

The idea of the veil is subjective through religion. To people outside of the Muslim church, the veil is portrayed as a representation of sexist oppression to belittle women. This is just one of the aspects of a cultural structure that has evolved with males continuously being predominantly authoritative. We see a rigged arrangement where women are visualized with certain presumed characteristics. The veil for example, is part of the fixed wardrobe women are expected to wear. This is viewed as the “correct” way a woman should compose herself. The objectified conduct and expression of women are perceived as degrading in the feminist

An individual’s identity can differ depending on several different physical and biological factors including sexuality, gender, age and class. Throughout Ruby Tabassum’s article entitled Listening to the Voices of Hijab, identity is related to gender in a number of ways. I have decided to discuss this specific article because the idea of how femininity is portrayed is a significant aspect of Canadian culture nowadays. I am also interested in focusing on how the identities of Muslim women are recognized in society and how individuals interpret the meaning behind wearing the hijab. Throughout this article, I have distinguished several different reasons for wearing