Tag: Lila Abu-Lughod

• Discourses on Veiling

  For my presentation, “Discourses on Veiling,” I look at how people that practice Islam cover themselves for a variety of reasons. This presentation offers a small look at real people that are Muslims, how the veil operates in western culture, and it offers a bit of research into what Islamic Feminism looks like today. First,…

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  April 15, 2022

  Scholarship

  Amina Wadud, Arab Muslim, Burqa, Frantz Fanon, Hijab, Islam, Islamic feminism, Khimar, Lila Abu-Lughod, Margot Badran, Muslim, Muslim Women, NIqab, Quran, Veiling

• CNN’s portrayal of Afghan Women during September 2021

  A Brief Overview of This Analysis  In this analysis, I aim to point out the ways in which Western news sources continue to use Afghan women as a means for perpetrating an American political agenda.  To accurately analyze a modern example of this, one must first lay the historical groundwork. America has a lengthy history…

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  April 3, 2022

  News Media

  Afghan Women, Afghanistan, American Media, CNN, Hijab, Kabul, Lila Abu-Lughod, Muslim, Muslim Women, Taliban, Veiling, War on Terror