Polemics on Veiling Egyptian Women in the Twentieth Century

Introduction ".. so much energy has been expended by Muslim men and then Muslim women to remove the veil and by others to affirm or restore it .." (Ahmed 167). This paper explores these efforts in two specific stages: the first and the last thirds of the twentieth century. Through an analysis of some of the various arguments on the veil, I will try to induce some general characteristics of the debate on the issue and on women …

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