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Podcast: New Books in Women's History
Episode: Anna Piela, "Wearing the Niqab: Muslim Women in the UK and the US" (Bloomsbury, 2021)
Description: In recent years theĀ niqabĀ has emerged as one of the most ubiquitous symbols of everything that is perceived to be wrong with Islam: barbarity, backwardness, exploitation of women, and political radicalization. Yet all these notions are assigned to women who wear the niqab without their consultation; āniqab debatesā are held without their voices being heard, and, when they do speak, their views are dismissed.Ā Wearing the Niqab: Muslim Women in the UK and the USĀ (Bloomsbury, 2021) brings niqab wearers' voices to the fore, discussing their narratives on religious agency, identity, social interaction, community, and urban spaces.Anna Pie...