Six years ago an Egyptian news reader, Ghada El-Tawil, decided to wear a headscarf (or hejab) in public, including on television. For this she was banned from continuing her job. It has taken a six-year legal battle to resume her post. It is amazing that in a country with a 99% muslim population, a woman is not allowed to cover her hair if she chooses to. To me this is a case of third world countries trying to be “modern” but only superficially. I respect secularism in government, in the sense of giving freedom to citizens to choose their religion. But forced unveiling is not freedom.
Kaveh
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