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Kiras are worn with a one-size-fits-all blouse underneath and cloth jacket on top. It provides neck-to-ankle coverage, to the delight of my three brothers. “It would be better if you were wearing a rosary and veil,” Dan says, “but this will...

Author: By Merritt R. Baer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Finding Summer in Bhutan | 9/30/2004 | See Source »

...YORK—Shane Hachey was doing his part the Sunday afternoon before the Republican Convention to make sure Harvard lent a veil of respectability to the protests there...

Author: By Michael M. Grynbaum, Jessica E. Schumer, and Joseph M. Tartakoff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Students Join Celebs at Convention Protests | 9/13/2004 | See Source »

...France - she did something she didn't want to do. She removed her black head scarf, a symbol of her Muslim faith. France's new law prohibiting all religious symbols from public schools had come into effect that day, and though Butt, 18, opposes the ban - "taking off the veil bothers me every time," she said - she was submitting to it. It is, after all, the law of the republic. Almost 4,000 km to the east, a group of insurgents calling themselves the Iraqi Islamic Army were inviting French Muslims like Butt to take sides against that republic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Showing Faith in France | 9/5/2004 | See Source »

...YORK—Shane Hachey was doing his part Sunday afternoon to make sure Harvard lent a veil of respectability to the protests at the Republican Convention...

Author: By Michael M. Grynbaum, Jessica E. Schumer, and Joseph M. Tartakoff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: In New York, Harvard Joins Protests | 8/31/2004 | See Source »

...women wear in countries like Pakistan and Afghanistan. The woman's arms and hips begin to sway to the sound of a Norwegian folk song. It's a strange spectacle: a vision of conservative Islam in front of a liberal Western audience. "Personally," says a voice from behind the veil, "I think it's a drag to wear a burqa because I always get chased by kids for an autograph. They think I'm Darth Vader." To loud applause, Shabana Rehman shakes off the burqa to reveal a skimpy red cocktail dress underneath. She promises to tell the audience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nice Witch of the North | 8/22/2004 | See Source »

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