[Burkas and bikinis] 6 January 2011

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[Burkas and bikinis] 6 January 2011

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TAPUHI

Description

A Muslim woman wearing a burka that covers everything except her eyes watches a girl wearing a bikini and sunglasses; the burka-covered woman is interested that the bikini-girl has 'nothing covered but her eyes' and the bikini girl is interested that the burka woman has 'everything covered but her eyes' and each sympathises that the other lives in 'a cruel male-dominated culture!' Context - burka or burqa is an all-enveloping cloak worn by some Muslim women; there is controversy in some Weste...

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Date created

2011

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22728118

Locations

Middle East / New Zealand

Related subjects

Burqas (Islamic clothing) / Bikinis / Male domination (Social structure) / Islam / Middle East / New Zealand

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