Burka
All topics-
Book review: Emel Zeynelabidin's "You grow up only in this life"The headscarf is not a gauge of devoutness
In her book "Erwachsen wird man nur im Diesseits" (You grow up only in this life), the Turkish-German author Emel Zeynelabidin reflects on the period of her life when she wore a headscarf and explains why she stopped doing so without abandoning her faith. By Annalena Junggeburth
-
France's burka banExcluding the wrong people
We shouldn't be arguing about burkas: we should be abolishing the headscarf bans. They ostracise women who could be building bridges, comments Ursula Rüssmann
-
Oriental Clichés in Literary PublishingA Dalek in a Burqa
No matter what the content of the book – covers of Arab female authors's published in Europe and the US will always be graced with a veiled woman. In this article, Jordania-British author Fadia Faqir relates her experiences and curious findings