(Un)veiled: Muslim Women Talk About Hijab

Synopsis: The film introduces the audience to ten Muslim women from various backgrounds who now live in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Their discussion about hijab, the headscarf, revolves around a lecture on the same topic that was banned at the last minute but delivered anyway. In a time when Islam and especially Muslim women are represented as monolithic and beset by backwardness, the women in (un)veiled show the diverse, lively, argumentative debates in Muslim societies about the meanings of modernity, emancipation, and feminism. The film also shows Dubai to be a complex, contemporary Arab city.
Language: English
Country: United States
Year of release: 2009
Year of production: 2007
Subjects: Social Studies; Women’s studies
Keywords: religious belief and practice; social life and customs; women; Muslims; Dubai; hijab

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