Face Quote by Mona Eltahawy

I think the veil is a way of taking power away from women.

— Salman Rushdie

“the majority of women in the Muslim world across the ages, who worked in the fields, did not cover their faces and do not…

— Fred Halliday

I personally object to the veil on aesthetic as well as other grounds; but I must admit that, for instance in the suburbs of…

— Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

“While I would champion any campaign to support Muslim women who do not wish to cover. I would now also protest vigorously for the…

— Geraldine Brooks

I have nothing against the veil. And I think that, wrongly, many in the West look at the veil as a symbol of oppression.…

— Queen Rania of Jordan

“Both the veil and makeup are often seen as voluntary behaviours by women, taken up by choice and to express agency. But in both…

— Sheila Jeffreys

The full veil is not appropriate for Germans, and should be banned wherever legally possible.

— Angela Merkel

The ban would apply to the full-body veil known as the burqa or niqab. This is not an article of clothing — it is…

— Jean-Francois Cope

Our society covers these problems with a veil. All I want is an open discussion

— Aamir Khan

Some forms of veil are justified by the idea that you're not tempting men. Well how about men just behaving and keeping their hands…

— Mona Eltahawy

Until quite recently I've been wholly cut off from [the Shias] because their tenets forbid them to look upon an unveiled woman and my…

— Gertrude Bell

Not wearing hijab has seriously, seriously hurt my career. Mass media wants to see a woman in a veil. But I think it helps…

— Maysoon Zayid