Downveiling gender and the contest over culture in Cairo

Middle East Report

Volumn 31, Issue 219, 2001, Pages 16-19

  Herrera, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; GENDER ISSUE; RELIGION; WOMENS STATUS;

EGYPT;

EID: 0034916764     PISSN: 08992851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1559250     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. See Fadwa al-Guindi, Veil: Modesty, Privacy and Resistance (London: Berg, 1999).
2. Patrick Haenni, "Ils N'en Ont Pas Fini avec l'Orient: De Quelques Islamisations non Islamistes," Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Mediterranee 85-86 (Spring 1999).
3. A passage from the e-mail message circulated on January 23, 2001 by the AUC administration to the entire AUC community states: "A liberal arts education requires dialogue and intellectual interaction with colleagues and with other members of the University community. Face veiling inhibits this interaction. Students who choose to cover the face should seek another type of education."