Burqa

any other freedoms given to white men. It’s a great controversy over where the line between women’s rights ends and cultural repression begins. Feminists will argue for and against for many different reasons why a niqab or burqa should or shouldn’t be worn. The niqab and burqa area hindrance to women and their rights in Islamic, male dominated countries like Iran and Afghanistan but in Western democracies it should be each individual’s choice is strange. Feminists want freedom to dress anyway…

oppression women in Afghanistan faced. The U.S. accentuated that the war against the Taliban was a war on behalf of women and children that are brutally oppressed. Afghanistan became the spotlight in the media and the controversial topic around the burqa aroused; the veiled women became symbols of an invisible, passive, and undifferentiated “other” (Rosenberg 3). Cross cultural solidarity can never be attained because of Western manipulation of gender to imperialize foreign states by “rescuing…

facts and data to support her position. Nussbaum mentions many incidents where women who wear the Burqa are judged and mistreated for their way of clothing. Using historical figures such as George Washington as a supportive element was a critical part of her article. She also compares what many women in our communities come to do to meet the definition of beauty portrayed by men while calling the burqa an active of objectification by men in the Muslim communities; which is ironic. The core…

Artist, Malina Suliman, has also taken on the challenge to stop the neglect of women in Afghanistan through her artwork that criticized countries that required women to wear burqas in her street art. I her opinion, men are using the burqa which takes away the freedom from the women. In the United States, street artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh has created her own campaign called Stop Telling Women to Smile. Her goal is to address gender based harassment by posting…

Asma Barlas performed a workshop on Islam and Autonomy, she showed a picture of a Burqa-clad woman which raised the question “does the Qur’an support gender equality?” Barlas raises many issues addressing her research subject about what the Quran says about patriarchy. I will be discussing Barlas arguments in depth and viewing whether the Quran truly treats males and females equally. In summary of Barlas article she states, if cultural modes represent differentiation then what better maker on…

potent to the development of the main theme, the dominance\ of men and the life of women, is when Mariam signs a contract for her marriage and execution. Another symbol that emphasizes the theme of this novel is Mariam’s and Laila’s burqa. To begin, I believe the burqa Mariam and Laila receive when they marry Rasheed establishes the theme about relationship expectations. For example, Rasheed tells Mariam that “a woman’s face is her husband’s business only” (Hosseini 79). This comes to prove,…

That piece of cloth is actually called a hijab, it comes in different styles and materials. Muslim sisters wear the hijab and burqa to obey God and to show their modesty. These two headpieces release a woman from being objectified and perceived for her beauty. Some authors state that Muslim women are forced and oppressed by the government and males to wear the hijab or burqas; therefore, they believe Muslim women have no say in it. While other authors completely differ on the matter, they…

let’s look at the context… A report in the Sydney Morning Herald following the discussion, titled ‘Burqa debate’ and written by political correspondent, James Massola, outlines the significance of this issue. The article quotes Abbott’s speech to Parliament, now referred to as ‘the burqa…

“liberating” the women of their burqas, Americans need to leave their ethnocentric ideas behind and come to the realization that they are ignoring far more important issues of the Afghani woman. For example, creating an environment free of war for the safety of the Afghani woman. Support: Burqas are often worn for modesty, protection, respect, and even “portable seclusion”. Understanding this, why would we assume that the Muslim women wish to throw off their burqas? The only conclusion would…

How does one’s culture affect their lives? Can culture influence one’s behavior? How do people escape the shackles of society? These questions are all explored in Khaled Hosseini’s novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns. This book contains a heartwarming story about two women confined by Afghan culture. In this novel, Hosseini emphasises the struggles women have to endure such as arranged marriage, lack of freedom, and war due to the conservative culture in Afghanistan. Arranged marriage is common in…