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VIDEO: Samina Ali explains women's dress code

This TED speach, in a video published on February 10, 2017, was given by Samina Ali, an award-winning author and activist, as well as cultural commentator. 


Her work is driven by her belief in personal narrative as a force for achieving women’s individual and political freedom and in harnessing the power of media for social transformation. She is the curator of the groundbreaking, critically acclaimed virtual exhibition, Muslima: Muslim Women’s Art & Voices.

In the video, she explains what does "hijab" mean, and I believe this should  be addressed to the Muslims more, than to the non-Muslim who don't understand what it is, and what the Muslims are, and what the Muslims think about it. I believe that explanations like this one is something that the Muslims need to see first, before being

In recent times, the resurgence of the hijab along with various countries’ enforcement of it has led many to believe that Muslim women are required by their faith to wear the hijab. In this informative talk, novelist Samina Ali takes us on a journey back to Prophet Muhammad's time to reveal what the term “hijab” really means -- and it's not the Muslim woman's veil! So what does “hijab” actually mean, if not the veil, and how have fundamentalists conflated the term to deny women their rights? This – to some people surprising and unprecedented idea – will not only challenge your assumptions about hijab but will change the way you see Muslim women, and it should change the way the Muslims see women.




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