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October 19, 2012
in History, Middle East Studies, Religion, Social Science

The Pride of the Veil

October 19, 2012
in History, Middle East Studies, Religion, Social Science

When one hears the term dress code, images come to mind of the French teenage media darlings of last winter, fighting for their right to wear skimpier clothes to school. A new school rule had stated that inappropriate clothing choices like short skirts, piercings, board shorts, and clothing with holes

October 6, 2011
in Current Affairs, History, Middle East Studies, Religion, Social Science

Leila Ahmed on the History of the Veil

October 6, 2011
in Current Affairs, History, Middle East Studies, Religion, Social Science

Leila Ahmed is best known as the first professor of women’s studies at Harvard Divinity School. In 1992, Yale University Press published her seminal book, Women and Gender in Islam, establishing the discourse for contemporary gender analysis in the historical and social contexts of Islam. Her latest book, A Quiet