“There was too much protection in a drone, protection that was also a denial of one’s own humanity, very much like the… — David Burr Gerrard Copy Share Image
Since the 1950s (until the early 1990s), girls in Kabul and other cities attended schools. Half of university students were women, and… — Eleanor Smeal Copy Share Image
I want to quit. Not performing, but being a woman altogether. I want to throw my hands in the air, after reading… — Amy Schumer Copy Share Image
I have always used the burqa because men are using the burqa in the name of culture and religion to take freedom… — Malina Suliman Copy Share Image
I say if I'm beautiful. I say if I'm strong. You will not determine my story - I will. — Amy Schumer Copy Share Image
“When we finally arrived, the chauffeur escorted my younger sister, Laila, and me up to my father’s suite. As usual, he was… — Hana Ali Copy Share Image
If you meet a woman in a burqa, she can't reply to your smile. It's a denial of identity. — Jean-Francois Cope Copy Share Image
“The chowdry, or burqa -- the Saudi, North African, and Central Asian version of the head, face, and body shroud -- is… — Phyllis Chesler Copy Share Image
Seeing the Afghan women in their burqas, it's easy to say, "Well, they're not as fully aware as I am, so why… — Eliza Griswold Copy Share Image
The burqa is a way of controlling the woman, but in the name of respect. Every culture or religion gives a different… — Malina Suliman Copy Share Image
In Iraq, until before the war, the women were scientists, museum directors, doctors. I'm not valourising Saddam Hussein or the Soviet occupation… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
“He fished a sky blue burqa from the bag. The yards of pleated cloth spilled over his knees when he lifted it.… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“My face is my identity. No one will cover it. I’m proud of my face. If my face bothers you, don’t look.… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
The truth is, a man can choose to objectify a woman whether she’s wearing a bikini or a burqa. We don’t stop… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
If a woman is wearing the burqa, it's not her wish. It's more that she feels secure from the Taliban, secure from… — Malina Suliman Copy Share Image
The ban would apply to the full-body veil known as the burqa or niqab. This is not an article of clothing —… — Jean-Francois Cope Copy Share Image
Anti-Islamist Muslims - who wish to live modern lives, unencumbered by burqas, fatwas and violent visions of jihad - are on the… — Daniel Pipes Copy Share Image
Sarah Palin and her virtual burqa have me and my friends retching into our handbags. She's such a power-mad, backwater beauty-pageant casualty,… — Cintra Wilson Copy Share Image
The jamaat was an almost silly mish-mash of people: Rude Dawud’s pork-pie hat poking up here, a jalab-and-turban there, Jehangir’s big Mohawk… — Michael Muhammad Knight Copy Share Image
Afghans think the burqa is a permanent part of culture. But, if you bring it to Europe, how would people react? Afghanistan… — Malina Suliman Copy Share Image
“Her skirts, sleeves, collar, and hat saw to it that none of the young ruffians of the Leased Territories would have the… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
It's being made out that the whole point of the war was to topple the Taliban regime and liberate Afghan women from… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
As a woman and as a feminist, I am very well aware of how women have been oppressed and segregated for a… — Jacques Myard Copy Share Image
When I was 12 my brother told me I had to wear the burqa, but I really wanted to play, because I… — Malina Suliman Copy Share Image
I am thankful I was born in America, although if I gain any more weight the burqa thing may start to seem… — Elayne Boosler Copy Share Image
