Ellen Brown
Well-Known Member
I just read an article: Olivia Arthur: The secret lives of Saudi women
and agree with those who use the Niqab in countries where the practice is acceptable or even demanded.
I've worn the Niqab here in America and it elicits either confusion or open hostility. I've come to an appreciation of it, even in America, especially when used by women college students in my area who are here from Saudi Arabia or other conservative places. Those who I have talked to do not feel forced to use it because to them it gives them privacy from prying eyes, at least when they are trying to adapt from hedonistic American culture. If someone is unkind to them, it is nothing more than what they expected.
These days I feel that the idea that these women are forced to wear the Niqab is a blatant western fantasy.
and agree with those who use the Niqab in countries where the practice is acceptable or even demanded.
I've worn the Niqab here in America and it elicits either confusion or open hostility. I've come to an appreciation of it, even in America, especially when used by women college students in my area who are here from Saudi Arabia or other conservative places. Those who I have talked to do not feel forced to use it because to them it gives them privacy from prying eyes, at least when they are trying to adapt from hedonistic American culture. If someone is unkind to them, it is nothing more than what they expected.
These days I feel that the idea that these women are forced to wear the Niqab is a blatant western fantasy.