Burqa

For instance, the Burqa – which covers the entire body, including the face, in loose clothing – represents the type of repression similar to the novel. After the Iranian Revolution, the status of women regressed as they were stripped of many rights and the hijab was enforced…

recently followed (for reasons including both secularism, security and identification - the reasons now being used in "Harper's rampage"). The most famous case is of course France. They started legislating on this issue over a decade ago and today burqas and niqabs are banned throughout the country. Belgium, yet another socialist country with a left-wing government, also banned them four years ago. Swiss Cantons, and Spanish cities (including ones as diverse and cosmopolitan as Barcelona) have…

Thousand Splendid Suns Book Talk A Thousand Splendid Suns, the second realistic fiction novel by Khaled Hosseini takes place in Afghanistan from the year 1974, to the year 2003. In this novel, the reader follows Mariam and Laila’s journey growing up and dealing with the hardships, while learning about the Afghan’s way of life and culture. And you accompany Laila and Mariam through their lives together. Mariam is nearly two decades older than Laila, Laila grew up in a loving family in…

The Middle East Evan Graff The UN Mandate had a huge effect on the Middle East overall because it did nothing but cause more conflict to the region. The Mandate helped the creation of Palestine but worsened the surrounding area by pushing out Israelis and also causing some surrounding countries to want that land and try to take it. Most wars in the Middle East region are related to the Government, Religion or Terror Acts. The Middle East is still in rough shape due to the conflicts of Religion…

The prolonged conflict and destruction of Afghanistan in recent decades has rendered it difficult for the current generation to fathom the possibility of a progressive and “western” Afghanistan. Yet the city of Kabul in the 1960s was most often times portrayed as just that; a thriving and rapidly modernizing capital which served as Afghanistan’s beacon of Western culture. While this rendition of the city has long been destroyed, the image of a westernizing Kabul could still be found in Dr.…

One example, could be the current turbulent discussion on hijabs, khimars and all different levels of veiling, up to burqas. So many Western women would shout out loud the principles of freedom and equality, the right of the woman to dress as she wants, to show her personality and dignity, not to be oppressed and would basically see the veiling habit as an imposition,…

Afghanistan Under Taliban Rule: Implications on Women’s Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy Background Throughout history the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has faced numerous invasions, a series of civil wars and enormous bloodshed. In 1978 the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan seized power in a coup against President Mohamed Daoud in what is known as the Saur Revolution . This revolution is said to be the catalyst for upheaval and armed resistance that would follow for the next 20 years.…

1- The CSU campaign department(Irmak Bahr, Leh Deuling, Grace Evenson, Bara Abuhamed and myself) worked on collecting signatures from Concordia students by tabling in the hall building, mezzanine tables or in the 7th floor during people potatos lunch time to mobilize Concordia students on the issue related to this law, then the team tell them that CSU has a letter that will be sent to the minister of justice if they disagree with the law we ask them to read the letter if they agree with it we…

In fact, the media has created a stereotype in which female characters are constantly objectified and prejudiced. This is one of the reasons why Muslim women have decided to wear a hijab or a burqa, besides the fact that it shows respect for their God, Muslim women believe that wearing a hijab liberates them from society’s unrealistic fashion culture. The hijab frees women from being thought of as sexual objects of desire or from being valued…

Different texts portray the theme horror by using contextual visual and literary conventions. Both A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007), by Khaled Hosseini, and Stranger Things (2016), by Matt and Ross Duffer, have the common theme of Horror. However, they employ different techniques in portraying this theme of horror. Horror themed texts create a sense of suspense and fear in the audience by utilizing visual techniques and descriptive language in visual and written texts respectively. This…