veils - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/veils/?source=rss&aim=veils en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:09:00 PDT Veiled women allowed to vote Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/10/voting_veiling/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/10/voting_veiling/index.html?source=rss A ruling enabling covered women in Quebec to cast their ballots is, again, causing controversy. Burqini creator hearts "Opus" Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/05/opus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/05/opus/index.html?source=rss Aheda Zanetti says the widely censored "Opus" comic strip featuring her creation is "fantastic" and not the least bit offensive. Roundup: Stripping for women's rights Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/23/roundup/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/23/roundup/index.html?source=rss Plus: Do women know when to stop talking and start doing? Head scarves to topple secular Turkey? Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:09:00 PDT 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 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:09:00 PDT 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 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:09:00 PDT 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 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:09:00 PDT 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 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:09:00 PDT 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 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:09:00 PDT 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 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:09:00 PDT 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? When are women like "uncovered meat"? Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/27/rape/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/27/rape/index.html?source=rss When they don't wear hijabs, of course. The politics of veiling Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:09:00 PDT 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 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:09:00 PDT 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 Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:09:00 PDT 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. Incognito By Rick Moody Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/07/28/moody/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/bag/2000/07/28/moody/index.html?source=rss The author of "The Ice Storm" picks seven favorite books with veils in them.