Word: burka
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...shirt and jeans?was punished for refusing to wear a maroon sash across her chest. "When my daughter wore a dupatta (veil), I saw tears in her eyes," says Attiya. She can empathize: as a teenager, she was forced by Aslam to wear the all-enveloping burka whenever she went out in public. In a poem titled I Do Not Accept This, she writes: "Every woman knows/ That respectability is not simply/ Wearing a dupatta on your head/ Which you, Khomeini-style/ Order us to wear...
...family deposit their money at an Islamic bank that does not pay interest?which is prohibited by Islamic law?and he forbade photographs at his arranged marriage in August. His new wife is a schoolteacher, but he doesn't want her to work. "Nadeem asked me to buy a burka as a wedding gift for his new wife," says Attiya, "but I said no." Nadeem describes his aunt as his "very, very, very good friend," and he admires her work helping victims of domestic violence. But their different approaches to life?secular vs. religious?have become a running joke. "Nadeem...
...thing. He saw me looking at him and jumped there." He points to a roof three houses away. Did he jump or run? asks the police chief. Navesh falters and summons his sister-in-law, who says she got a better glimpse. "It looked like someone in a black burka (the head-to-toe garment worn by some Muslim women). It flew across to the other roof." Gogia frowns. Other residents of the house push forward with their description. "I looked up and saw this black thing with shining red eyes on the roof. When it saw me it jumped...