Marking its last event of Islamophobia Awareness Month 2015, SOAS ISoc, in association with MEND and FOSIS, presents to you: ‘Muslim Women in The West’ What are the current internal and external pressures and challenges they face? How are they disproportionately affected by Islamophobic attacks? How can these challenges […]
Many thanks to Mohamed Abdel Maksoud for translating Zara Faris’ article, Ottoman Women During the Advent of Western Feminism from English into Arabic “في الشوارع ترى نساءا بقدر ما ترى رجالا، إن لم يكن أكثر (ذاهبات لقضاء احتياجاتهن اليومية إلخ) (…) اعتقد أني لم أرَ بلداً تتمتع فيه النساء بمثل هذه […]
The Niqab Debate: Banning Freedom Author: Dr Tabasum Hussain, MDI, Canada. Recently, the Dutch government announced a ban on the face veil to take effect in 2013. In September 2010, the French Senate succeeded in implementing a ban against the niqab and burqa by passing an act “prohibiting […]
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