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May 11, 2012 10:10 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/9pOYO56Df-c/modernizing-modesty-the-hijab.html
Modernizing Modesty: the Hijab and Body Image
Photo: Ranoush (cc) Illo: Rob Beschizza Recent trends in Hijab fashion modernize a form of modest dress once defined by local traditions. In seeking self-expression, however, Muslim women find themselves targeted by a media industry with its own taste for female objectification. Its two-sided, says Aisha Ahmad, 30, a health care administrator from Ft. Lauderdale. [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/9pOYO56Df-c/modernizing-modesty-the-hijab.html
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