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Showing posts with label niqab. Show all posts
Showing posts with label niqab. Show all posts

Wednesday, 13 January 2010

Jilbab. Niqab. Al Amira. Dupatta. Burqa. Chador.

An article in today's Independent on the veil and its social, political and religious significance to women today...
The Many Faces behind the Veil.
Reminds me of the origins of the Stitch project - one of the the initial aims was to demystify the hijab.