"The burqa is a way of controlling the……" — Malina Suliman
"The burqa is a way of controlling the woman, but in the name of respect. Every culture or religion gives a different name for the burqa. It is honor, or culture, or religion. Really, it just controls the woman and keeps her inside."
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Malina Suliman
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13 Quotes by Malina Suliman
Malina Suliman has 13 quotes on this site.
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I felt strange in my own family, because I had a very liberal mind, and I would ask myself, "Why…
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When I was 12 my brother told me I had to wear the burqa, but I really wanted to play,…
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When I came back from Pakistan, I wanted to take computer classes nearby. I asked my brother. I was in…
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For those 10 months back in Afghanistan after university, I felt I had no rights. It felt like I didn't…
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There are two ways. One is to be a puppet, follow the culture, and do whatever they want. That was…
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All the work I did was to challenge politics, culture, and women's rights. I felt like I really wanted to…
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I have always used the burqa because men are using the burqa in the name of culture and religion to…
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If people say harsh words to me though, I don't care. It's a risk to my life. The Taliban don't…
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If a woman is wearing the burqa, it's not her wish. It's more that she feels secure from the Taliban,…
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In Afghanistan I was doing street art because it was more open, but when I had a show, only men…
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Afghans think the burqa is a permanent part of culture. But, if you bring it to Europe, how would people…
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If I start talking about my own hopes, it'll take hours. The biggest hope is that there's not any more…
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More Burqa Quotes
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I am thankful I was born in America, although if I gain any more weight the burqa thing may start…
— Elayne Boosler
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I want to quit. Not performing, but being a woman altogether. I want to throw my hands in the air,…
— Amy Schumer
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The ban would apply to the full-body veil known as the burqa or niqab. This is not an article of…
— Jean-Francois Cope
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Since the 1950s (until the early 1990s), girls in Kabul and other cities attended schools. Half of university students were…
— Eleanor Smeal
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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…
— Michael Muhammad Knight
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If you meet a woman in a burqa, she can't reply to your smile. It's a denial of identity.
— Jean-Francois Cope
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When I was 12 my brother told me I had to wear the burqa, but I really wanted to play,…
— Malina Suliman
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I have always used the burqa because men are using the burqa in the name of culture and religion to…
— Malina Suliman
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If a woman is wearing the burqa, it's not her wish. It's more that she feels secure from the Taliban,…
— Malina Suliman
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Afghans think the burqa is a permanent part of culture. But, if you bring it to Europe, how would people…
— Malina Suliman
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It's being made out that the whole point of the war was to topple the Taliban regime and liberate Afghan…
— Arundhati Roy
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The draconian prohibitions of the Taliban years and the gains Afghan women have achieved since the Taliban government was overthrown…
— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
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