Word: purdah
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...estimated 90% of the population of the states is illiterate, and women remain in purdah behind grilled windows. But Gulf Aviation's frequent BAC-111 jet flights now link the wealthier states more closely than camels ever did. At the bars in the vast airport terminals, Arab entrepreneurs in long robes sip Scotch to the piped-in music of Ray Charles; porters pause during prayer hours to kneel on the floor facing Mecca...