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close arrest, preventive custody, protective custody, purdah ... Search another word or see purdah on Dictionary ... Describe the purdah...
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thesaurus.reference.com/browse/purdah
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THE term "purdah" - long used by civil servants to describe the period leading up to an election - has been banned during the Welsh Assembly election because it might offend Muslims and other religious groups. ... 'Don't use the term "purdah" to describe the pre-election period. It has a specific meaning for some...
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www.walesonline.co.uk/news/welsh-politics/welsh-politic...
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The term purdah, meaning “curtain,” is used to describe the traditional seclusion of women in the Middle East and parts of Southeast Asia. It is particularly linked with Muslim and Hindu society, although in areas where these religions are a heavy influence, sex segregation is observed by people of all creeds.
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www.wisegeek.com/what-is-purdah.htm
www.wisegeek.com/what-is-purdah.htm
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The custom of purdah originated among the Assyrians and the Persians, peoples who inhabited ancient Mesopotamia, the region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in present-day Iraq, around 1000 B.C.E. The term purdah is also sometimes used to describe the heavy veiling that women wear under the rules of purdah.
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www.fashionencyclopedia.com/fashion_costume_culture/The...
www.fashionencyclopedia.com/fashion_costume_culture/The-Ancient-World-India/Purdah.html
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The purpose of reproducing this article is mainly to describe what is commonly known as the veil, hijab or purdah. Obviously the very first question which arise in this context, relates to the rights and obligations of women.
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muslim-canada.org/purdah.pdf
muslim-canada.org/purdah.pdf
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Perhaps in these days of stress and strain, of activity and competition, a peculiar interest may be found in contemplating lives spent in the strict privacy of the purdah, under the iron discipline of custom, and in observing, with reverence and admiration, the way in which the virtues of patience, charity,
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digital.library.upenn.edu/women/sorabji/purdah/purdah.h...
digital.library.upenn.edu/women/sorabji/purdah/purdah.html
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In the lands of India the actual translation of the word purdah is screen or veil. Purdah is the practice that includes the seclusion of women from public observation by wearing concealing clothing from head to toe and by the use of high walls, curtains, and screens erected within the home.
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departments.kings.edu/womens_history/purdah.html
departments.kings.edu/womens_history/purdah.html
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Writing as if the event you describe were happening in the present (i.e. using present tense verbs) can be exciting to read. Sadly, and worryingly, it's far too easy to forget the time frame and flip back into using past tense verbs without realising.
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www.englishbiz.co.uk/mainguides/describe.htm
www.englishbiz.co.uk/mainguides/describe.htm
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To further reinforce this sexual difference, purdah is applied to women and men (a little on this later). ... I’ve read and heard women describe wearing these clothes as liberating, because hey, they’re not playing the “trying to look as good as possible for my man” game. Another ex-classmate I know, who is pretty...
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cycads.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/purdah/
cycads.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/purdah/
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