Reader Response
February, 2006
Veiled CriticismAs Phyllis Chesler notes in "Gender Apartheid" (November), the widespread ignorance about Islam, Muslim women and Arab culture breeds provincial attacks on women, academics and political freedom. My recent book, Veil: Modesty, Privacy and Resistance, describes the strength Arab and Muslim culture gives women. It demonstrates the various meanings of veiling and its role in communicating social status and resisting foreign occupation. Many Muslim women choose to cover the...
