The veil in their minds and on our heads
What was the alternative of going to School?
Carpet weaving workshops
Hanifa poses the issue of gender and sexuality as one that occurs within a particular ____
Socio-political context
What are the types of Islamic dress?
1. Hijab
2. Khimar
3. Niqab
In what year was the government overthrown and the Islamic republic took over?
1980
What did the colonial critiques of Muslim societies symbolizes the scarf as?
Oppression
What is downveiling?
The subtle and seemingly growing tendency among certain circles of urban Egyptian women towards less concealing and less conservative forms of Islamic dress.
Where did the concept of the veil begin?
By the elite in:
- Greco-Roman
- Pre-Islamic Iran
- Byzantine Empire
What year was the Turkish hat law implemented?
1925
What was the reformist movement in Iran about?
Going against the Islamic republic dress code; changing the islamic attire to include sandals, makeup, shorter, lighter and more tailored form of clothing
How did Iranian women feel about the clothes of western women?
uncomfortable, forcing them to change the shapes of their bodies (corsets)
What were the strategies of reading and understanding the Quran proposed by the critics of Westernization of Islam ?
Hermeneutics and textual reading strategy
What actions were taken by the Egyptian minister of education?
1. Legally forbidding girls in grades 1-5 from wearing hijab
2. Prohibiting niqab at all educational levels
Name one of the double standards of the west.
1- Women's role around a household
2- Travelling and Mobility
3- Polygamous marriages vs. mistresses & illegitimate children.
Barlas opposed the idea that a metaphor that compared between land and women in the context ‘that women are seen as men’s property’ in Quran for one reason, what was it?
during the time of revelation there was no concept of land as property therefore men can’t be seen as property or be compared to land.
State some reasons for the decision of downveiling by urban women
1. Khimar cases the hair to thin
2. Preferring the hijab because of less movement restrictions
3. Removing the niqab to increase the chances for marriage