“Hanna Papanek, an anthropologist who worked in Pakistan in the 1970s, has described the burqa
“Hanna Papanek, an anthropologist who worked in Pakistan in the 1970s, has described the burqa as ‘portable seclusion.’ She notes that many saw it as a liberating invention because i enabled women to move out of segregated living spaces while still observing the basic moral requirements of separating and protecting women from unrelated men…Everywhere, such veiling signifies belonging to a particular community and participating in a moral way of life in which families are paramount in the organization of communities and the home is associated with the sanctity of women.” -Lila Abu-Lughod, “Do Muslim Women Need Saving?” pg 36Image:“Afghan men wear burqas to campaign for women’s rights: Ahead of International Women’s Day, a group of men in Afghanistan marched through the streets in veils to protest against female oppression”Radhika Sanghani reporting for The Telegraphhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11453879/Afghan-men-wear-burqas-to-campaign-for-womens-rights.html-BBY -- source link
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