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September 3, 2015 05:49 pm PDT
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In 1958 Egyptian audience laughs over proposal for women to wear head scarfs
In 1958 Gamal Abdel Nasser, the second president of Egypt, gave a speech in which he mocked the Muslim Brotherhood for proposing that women be required to cover their heads in public. The audience hooted with laughter at the absurdity of such an idea.[via]
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