A quiet revolution, the veil's resurgence, from the Middle East to America, Leila Ahmed
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A quiet revolution, the veil's resurgence, from the Middle East to America, Leila Ahmed
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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index present
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non fiction
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A quiet revolution
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bibliography
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670481392
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Leila Ahmed
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the veil's resurgence, from the Middle East to America
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The islamic resurgence and the veil: from emergence to migration. Unveiling -- The veil's vanishing past -- The 1970s: seeds of the resurgence -- The new veil: converging influences -- The 1980s: exploring women's motivations -- Islamist connections -- Migrations -- The 1990s: a changing climate in America -- After 9/11: new pathways in America. Prologue -- Backlash: the veil, the burkah, and the clamor of war -- Isna and the women of isna -- American Muslim women's activism in the twenty-first century
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