by brooksst | Mar 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
Western audiences viewing Essaydi’s photographs of (sometimes) veiled Muslim women will likely bring with them preconceived notions of the veil and what it means to their interpretation of the works. Essaydi, educated in both France and the United States, is no doubt...
by brooksst | Mar 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
The veil in art is often still situated within Western discourse. Contemporary artists using the veil within their work often challenge colonial images of veil, and engage in Western debates about veil; less so do they engage in dialogue solely about the Islamic use...
by brooksst | Mar 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
While the West may view the veil as oppressive, it also has a history within Islamic countries as a symbol of revolution and a rejection of Western values like consumerism that were themselves deemed to be negative. For example, during the French colonization of...
by brooksst | Mar 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
During the Colonial Period, when western nations were controlling or attempting to control Arab and Islamic countries (among others), the veil came to be used as a symbol of women’s oppression and Islamic “backwardness” that Western Colonial powers used as...
by brooksst | Mar 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
Today the veil as worn by women has become synonymous with Islam in the Western mind. Veil is an English word that does little to accurately describe the diverse character of coverings worn by women and occasionally men in Islam. Guindi, in her book “Veil”, suggests...
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