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The Quran directs both men and women to dress modestly, but the actual interpretation and implementation of this rule varies enormously. ... Timeline (requires Flash); Key events related to roles of women in the Middle East; Text-Only Timeline...
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/questions/wo...
www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/questions/women/index.html
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Omaima Abou-Bakr, "Islamic Feminism: What's in a Name?," Middle East Women's Studies Review, Winter/Spring, 2001. Leila Ahmed, Women and Gender in Islam: Roots of a Modern Debate, Yale University press, 1992. ... Of equal importance is the stated Qu'ranic principle which requires women to dress modestly in public.
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www.womeninworldhistory.com/essay-01.html
www.womeninworldhistory.com/essay-01.html
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Sometimes instead of wearing a thawb under their abaya, women sport fashionable clothing. Dress in the Middle East reflect a woman’s environment, traditions, heritage, religious beliefs, and the personality of her society, along with her own personal taste and fashion trends.
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www.csames.illinois.edu/documents/outreach/Middle_Easte...
www.csames.illinois.edu/documents/outreach/Middle_Eastern_Dress_Vocabulary.pdf
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I've been to the Middle East. This is how Muslim women are really dressing these days, sans the nail polish (we've got spectactular eye liner to make up for it). The reason no nail polish: Muslims pray five times a day, and before prayer, h...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20799996@N08/2036528546/
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Perceptions of Muslim women. Arriving in Egypt in 1987 for her first assignment in the Middle East, Ms Brooks believed women to have a secondary and subservient role in Middle Eastern society. ... Why would a woman wear the Islamic dress, signifying acceptance of a legal code that "values her testimony at half the worth of...
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www.meforum.org/331/the-hidden-world-of-muslim-women
www.meforum.org/331/the-hidden-world-of-muslim-women
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Latest news about women in the Middle East ... Women, Islam, and Hijab; The practice of hijab comes from the Hadith, not the Qur'an. But Islam does require both men and women to dress modestly. (Institute of Islamic Information and Education, Chicago)
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www.al-bab.com/arab/women.htm
www.al-bab.com/arab/women.htm
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Islam, Culture and Women by Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood; How can anyone justify Islam's treatment of women, when it imprisons Afghans under blue shuttlecock burqas and makes Pakistani girls marry strangers against ... Islam itself is being disfigured and perverted!"; Aicha Lemsine, Middle East Times, Cairo, March 16, 2001...
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www.islamfortoday.com/women.htm
www.islamfortoday.com/women.htm
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The Educational Program of The Odyssey: World Trek for Service and Education is an around-the-world adventure in education, communication, and social change. ... History re-written in the Middle East ... Experiences and information about the hejab, modest dress for women in the Islamic Republic of Iran...
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www.worldtrek.org/odyssey/teachers/mideastguide.html
www.worldtrek.org/odyssey/teachers/mideastguide.html
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Tehran - Tehran's police has intensified crackdown on women and men over the Islamic dress code, Fars news agency reported Monday. A police spokesman told Fars news agency that more than twenty cars whose passengers were not observing dress codes were confiscated until further notice. ... Middle East World News | Home...
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www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/212772,tehran-police-i...
www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/212772,tehran-police-intensifies-crackdown-on-women-men-over-dress-code.html
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