Burqa

this theme is how the people of Swat view Islam. This theme developed over time because we as a reader are shown how the people in Swat view Islam before and after the Taliban took over. When the Taliban took over, they forced the women to wear a burqa and lead them to believe that it is a part of Islam. Afterward, every tragedy that happens in Swat Valley lead the people that it was their fault that it was happing to them. It was lead to believe that they weren 't following Islam the way it…

by a male figure. In Afghanistan, there little to no representation for women; thus, they are deprived to have a voice on political, economic, social, etc. issues. Afghanistan’s laws heavily punish women. For example, if a woman is caught without a burqa, she can be beaten by the local authorities. Ayotte…

The recent rise of Pan-Islamic fervor and radical identities due to the recent events involving global terrorism, underpin the importance of scholars to highlight the misperceptions of Islam as a unitary ideological entity whose beliefs and practices are one in the same. In fact, such beliefs come from a limited knowledge of historical information regarding Islam and its varied practices around the world. Islam does not have one flavor, but in truth is a diverse cohort of situated cultural,…

The ethnography of Meddle East by Elizabeth Warnock Fernea in the story of “Guests of the Sheik” remind me my own town in my home country. Being from Medial East most of the cultural norms and Islamic roles in the story looked quite familiar with the cultural norms and Islamic roles back in my country. Lived all the way down on the other side of the ocean, I personal experienced most of the life experience of Fernea, which she mentioned in her story “Guests of the Sheik”. Elizabeth Warnock…

Throughout the world, women experience many challenges and restrictions placed on them by people who want to control them. In the book, The Breadwinner, the Taliban are an extremist religious group of men who come into Afghanistan and take control of the lives of all the people, particularly the women and young girls, who are forced to leave their jobs and schools because they are looked down upon. The main character in the book is Parvana, an eleven year old girl who experiences rebellion,…

Post-modernity saw the change of the meaning of the word ‘risk’. Before the term ’risk’ had a neutral term (chance of winning or losing). However, Post-Modernity saw the term ‘risk’ become associated with the term ‘hazard’. The British Medical Associations 1987 guide ‘Living with Risk’ defined hazardous as “a set of circumstances which cause harmful consequences”, while risk is the “likelihood of it doing so” (Lupton, p.12, 1999). This creates the hazard/risk differentiation or moral panic. This…

head scarf that only covers the ears, neck and hair. A chador would be best described as a cloak that covers the both hands and hair. However, a burqa is the opposite of a Hijab and a chador; a burqa covers the entire body from head to toe and the one wearing the garment is only able to see through a thick grill where the eyes are able to see out of. The burqa is also mention in the Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion giving the description of a burqua as “Being a voluminous, tent like outer…

September 27, 1996. This date signifies the day that the Taliban conquered Kabul, one of the most important cities in all of Afghanistan. The conquering of Kabul marked the beginning of a five-year reign of terror which lasted until 2001. Drastic changes were set upon the country and ostracized Afghanistan from the rest of the world. The Taliban’s policies on the role of women in their society rendered them useless. Women were no longer free as they had once been and were now just a shadow of…

superheroes to indians to safety, people have always found ways to hide themselves. In Latifa’s, My Forbidden Face, Latifa is a woman crushed under the Taliban's harsh ruling. These Taliban do not allow the women to go outside of their house without a large burqa covering themselves. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet ends with the death of both Romeo and Juliet. They are members of rival families who fall in love at a masked party. Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, is a story about…

These women are concealed in the shadows, whether the restraint takes the form of abuse or a burqa. The burqa symbolizes a loss of identity for Laila and Mariam as well as many Afghan women, because Mariam and Laila never wore them until they married Rasheed and Afghan women did not wear them until they were under the Taliban's rule. Although Mariam…