Lifted veil

The poem “The White Porch” by Cathy Song is an illustration of maturity and coming of age. There is an innocent tone to the beginning of the poem with sensual undertones as the writing progress’s. In the poem, a woman is reminiscing about her young womanhood as she sits on her porch awaiting her presumed lover. Song creates the character of the woman to be of a homemaker, describing her duties taking care of laundry, having a cake in the oven and snapping beans in her lap. Through the visualization

forced to leave their families. It highlights the daily conflict between tradition and modernity, West and East, dictatorship and individual freedom. Marjane has used several motifs, such as the veil, the mirror, background panels to emphasize on the situation in Iran and this essay focuses on how the veil becomes the dominant motif for portraying the suppression of individual freedom, knowledge

The Functions of the Veil The practice of veiling has been a topic of controversy amongst several Muslim and non-Muslim scholars (Ruby, 2006). The “new hijab phenomenon” originated in Cairo approximately two decades ago. Although not a common practice in Cairo, by the year 2000 over 80% of women adopted some form of veiling. The practice of veiling has also been embraced by several other Muslim societies around the world (Carvalho, 2013). The Western world has associated veiling as a form of oppression

practice of the past that Islam is spreading throughout the globe. The Hijab isn’t something that originated solely from Islam. Long before the rise of Islam, women wore veils that covered their heads as a sign of love and submission to God. Take in, for instance, the mother of Jesus, Mary. Upon all her portraits, she is wearing a veil covering her head. Muslims and Christians, who make up almost half of the population on Earth, have some sort of gratitude and appreciation towards the Hijab. Why is it

This headscarf is unique since it is a two-piece headscarf. The first piece consists of a cap that is close fitting. The second part is a tube-like scarf that creates a veil appearance (“What’s the”). The image below portrays how the Al-Amira looks on a woman (see Figure 2). Figure 2. An Al-Amira. (“What’s the difference between a hijab, niqab and burka?” BBC; 18 June 2015; Web; 23 June 2016). As seen in the image above

public space were no PDA, women must wear the veil, and no clothing or items that resembled western culture. With the law of no PDA, couples could only express their affection towards each other behind closed doors. However, a common way that people got around this, was by holding their partner’s hand in their car. Unfortunately, officers soon caught on to these illegal acts, and started to look out for this action as cars passed by. Along with the veil being necessary for women to wear, all people

headdress and the bride’s ornamental head cover as examples of veiling (Amer, 10). So why do we, as Euro-Americans typically associate veiling with Islamic practice? In reference to Islam, the veil takes on a specific connotation in our popular imagery. Typically, we do not associate the sheer bridal veil with Islam, rather it is fused with images of a black cloak, a chador, covering a Muslim woman from head to toe in Iran (Amer, 10). Unfortunately, the media plays another role in this as this is

emotion among many people. Her latest work explores the history of the fall and rise of the Muslim veil in the erudite study ‘A Quiet Revolution’. The study logically details the changing attitudes to veiling in Egypt in the 1940’s and 50’s through to its resurgence in the 1970’s and then its impact in the US post 9/11. Written from Ahmed’s own perspective as a feminist and as a non-wearer of the veil at a time when it was seen as quite natural not to wear a hijab. The reason for the study arises from

texts involved, include further inside information and feelings regarding veiling. In Veiled Sentiments by Lila Abu-Lughod, veiling is a choice and is not forced on women. Due to the faith and freedom of choice, most women willingly and happily veil properly. Although sexuality is not a popular norm among the Bedouin, it is not the sole reason for veiling. Granted, women will be criticized and mocked for not veiling or taking part in sexual affiliations. Such mockery is described in a story

Hijab is mentioned in many different ways but, some of the most common names that are used are headscarf, veil or scarf. There’s various types of the hijabs and some of them are referred as Burqa (a long and loose garment covering the whole body from head to feet), Chador (cloth that is wrapped around the head and upper body leaving only the face) and Niqab (covers the whole face except the eyes). The headscarf is traditionally worn by Muslim women in the existence of adult male outside of their