... and capabilities. Yet it is important to view these protests within the broader history of dissent in the Islamic Republic, not as isolated events. The “Hijab Protests,” as they were initially labeled, became sites where diverse grievances beyond women’s bodily autonomy converged. They were the culmination...

...- evangelist Amr Khaled has preached the virtues of hijab (the veil). Many Egyptians feel that women who veil themselves are more virtuous and more likely to find a husband. Does veiling protect women s bodies? At a 2009 conference in Cairo, Eltahawy reports, some young women said they were considering adopt...

..., as extremists make an emphatic distinc- tion between what is Muslim and not Muslim, inter- as well as intra-ethnically. Lately a so-called Arabianization of Uighur costumes and mores has become prominent. The conservative black hijab, which covers a woman s entire face and body, has spread more widely...