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| 01 Aug 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
| (Un)veiled: Muslim Women Talk About Hijab | |
By Claire Panetta
Young Fashion and Hijab
“(Un)veiled: Muslim Women Talk About Hijab,” by filmmaker Ines Hofmann Kanna, is a 36-minute documentary comprised of interviews with young Muslim women living in Dubai, along with excerpts from a lecture led by an American professor, Dr. Laureen Hamdan, at the University of Sharjah.
The film focuses on the role of the Hijab in the lives of women and in Islam. Over the course, we see a range of perspectives in the practice of veiling, challenging the media stereotype of the monolithic Muslim woman.
In the interviews, we meet a group of women from different cultural, ethnic, and even religious backgrounds. All of the interviewees live in Dubai, but few were born or raised in the UAE. In fact, only one participant, Badriah, identifies herself as Emirati. The women, who all speak fluent English, share their experiences growing up in various countries in the ‘East,’ such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia, as well as in countries in the ‘West,’ such as Switzerland and Canada.
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