This comment was from Spidaman3 on the post Headscarves and Men Holding Hands: Coming Out as a Cultural Relativist
With non-Western cultures, you really have to humble yourself and drop a western centric view to at least understand them. Most people don’t know about the different sects of Islam, that Iranians and countries east don’t consider themselves to be Arabs (Persian is Indo-European, like English is Germanic). Lots of women as you have shown really do like to wear hijabs. I once saw two women hop out the front seat and into the back. They waited for the driver’s husband after that and they were ok with it.
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photo by RegNatarajan / flickr
One book that was a revelation is “The Land of Invisible Women” by Dr. Qanta Ahmed, a Pakistani doctor who grew up and trained in England and America before working for 2 years in Saudi Arabia….she spells out in exquisite detail some of the differences between her experiences as a Muslim and the strict regulations and prohibitions she experiences in Saudi Arabia…..