--- title: "6 Purdah Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 6 Purdah quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Purdah sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/hana-ali-146417_burka_when-we-finally-arrived-the-chauffeur-es_631037.jpg" --- > [“When we finally arrived, the chauffeur escorted my younger sister, Laila, and me up to my father’s suite. As usual, he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hana-ali/when-we-finally-arrived-the-chauffeur-escorted-my-younger-sister/) [Hana Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hana-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/hana-ali-146417_burka_when-we-finally-arrived-the-chauffeur-es_631037.jpg) > [“...my mind was consumed with the idea of purdah. From behind it no call for help could be heard. An abandoned species…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tehmina-durrani/my-mind-was-consumed-with-the-idea-of-purdah-from-behind-it-no-call/) [Tehmina Durrani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tehmina-durrani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e5/tehmina-durrani-41100_hypocrisy_my-mind-was-consumed-with-the-idea-of-pu_1034806.jpg) > [As for those who think the Arab world promises freedom, the briefest study of its routine traditional treatment of blacks (slavery) and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/as-for-those-who-think-the-arab-world-promises-freedom-the-briefest/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/alice-walker-347_arab-world_as-for-those-who-think-the-arab-world-pr_1376982.jpg) > [At a certain point the family moved to Jaipur, where no woman could avoid the doli or purdah. They kept her in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/at-a-certain-point-the-family-moved-to-jaipur-where-no-woman-could/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3a/indira-gandhi-1113_brother_at-a-certain-point-the-family-moved-to-j_2199085.jpg) > [We seem to be always on cusps. Women come out of the burkah, the niqab, purdah, the closet, then go back in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxine-hong-kingston/we-seem-to-be-always-on-cusps-women-come-out-of-the-burkah-the-niqab/) [Maxine Hong Kingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxine-hong-kingston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edd/maxine-hong-kingston-9297_closets_we-seem-to-be-always-on-cusps-women-come_2532274.png) > [Muslim women had to go out in purdah, that heavy sheet that covers even the eyes. Hindu women had to go out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/muslim-women-had-to-go-out-in-purdah-that-heavy-sheet-that-covers/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70e/indira-gandhi-1113_bitterness_muslim-women-had-to-go-out-in-purdah-tha_2716013.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/purdah/#itemlist", "name": "Purdah Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When we finally arrived, the chauffeur escorted my younger sister, Laila, and me up to my father’s suite. As usual, he was hiding behind the door waiting to scare us. We exchanged many hugs and kisses as we could possibly give in one day. My father took a good look at us. Then he sat me down on his lap and said something that I will never forget. He looked me straight in the eyes and said, “Hana, everything that God made valuable in the world is covered and hard to get to. Where do you find diamonds? Deep down in the ground, covered and protected. Where do you find pearls? Deep down at the bottom of the ocean, covered up and protected in a beautiful shell. Where do you find gold? Way down in the mine, covered over with layers and layers of rock. You've got to work hard to get to them.” He looked at me with serious eyes. “Your body is sacred. 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