headscarf - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/headscarf/?source=rss&aim=headscarf en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST Head scarves first, democratic reforms ... um, maybe later Catherine Price Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/02/15/turkey_akp/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/02/15/turkey_akp/index.html?source=rss To many Turks, the decision to allow head scarves on university campuses sends an important message about the political priorities of Turkey's ruling party. Does freedom to veil hurt women? Tracy Clark-Flory Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/02/11/turkey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/02/11/turkey/index.html?source=rss Turkish women are divided over the government's vote to overturn the head scarf ban. Spanish conservatives: No more sexist symbols! Tracy Clark-Flory Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/02/08/headscarf/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/02/08/headscarf/index.html?source=rss The country's Popular Party wants to ban symbolic discrimination against women, including the hijab. Makeup, un-Islamic dress bring death Tracy Clark-Flory Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/10/basra/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/10/basra/index.html?source=rss At least 40 women have been killed in Basra for "violating Islamic teachings." Muslim women head to head, hijab to hijab Tracy Clark-Flory Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/02/boxing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/02/boxing/index.html?source=rss Women's boxing emerges in certain Middle Eastern countries. Turkey: Hot on hijabs Tracy Clark-Flory Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/03/turkey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/03/turkey/index.html?source=rss The prime minister wants to lift the head scarf ban. Why are feminists so angry? Head scarves to topple secular Turkey? Tracy Clark-Flory Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/23/headscarf/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/23/headscarf/index.html?source=rss A Muslim, with a veiled wife, may run for president. Hijab banned from girls' sports event Tracy Clark-Flory Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/16/veil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/16/veil/index.html?source=rss Refs call the head scarf a safety hazard. Hysterics over Pelosi in a hijab Tracy Clark-Flory Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/04/what_else/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/04/what_else/index.html?source=rss Plus, New Mexico bill mandating HPV vaccine to be vetoed. Banning veils from the polls Tracy Clark-Flory Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/03/23/veil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/03/23/veil/index.html?source=rss Muslim women will have to remove their niqabs before voting. Out of the veil, into the Army Tracy Clark-Flory Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/12/15/military/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/12/15/military/index.html?source=rss A Muslim woman transitions from family life in Saudi Arabia to the U.S. military. Why shouldn't Muslim women wear veils? Tracy Clark-Flory Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/11/22/veil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/11/22/veil/index.html?source=rss Because "each woman with her beautiful hair is like a flower," according to one Egyptian MP. Hmm. Dutch Cabinet pushes for burqa ban Tracy Clark-Flory Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/11/20/burqa_ban/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/11/20/burqa_ban/index.html?source=rss Security precaution, or veiled attempt at enforcing cultural assimilation? The politics of veiling Tracy Clark-Flory Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/23/veil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/23/veil/index.html?source=rss Washington Post and New York Times Op-Ed contributors defend the hijabs and niqabs worn by some Muslim women. Revisiting the veil Tracy Clark-Flory Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/13/veiling/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/13/veiling/index.html?source=rss Britain's niqab debate heats up. Sneering at the veil Tracy Clark-Flory Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/06/straw/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/06/straw/index.html?source=rss The U.K.'s Jack Straw, leader of the House of Commons, asks Muslim women to remove their veils when meeting with him.