A Quiet Revolution: The Veil's Resurgence, From The Middle East To America by Leila Ahmed

A Quiet Revolution: The Veil's Resurgence, From The Middle East To America

Leila Ahmed

361 pages digital 2011

2 editions

nonfiction history religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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When she began her study, Ahmed assumed that the veil's return indicated a backward step for Muslim women worldwide. What she discovered, however, in the stories of British colonial officials, young Muslim feminists, Arab nationalists, pious Islam...

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