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Islam in Vogue: Muslim Women in the Media
Ellen McLarney
United StatesGALLERYCONVERSATION
At the same time, the media made them all too visible with ubiquitous images of their bright blue, embroidered headdresses splashed on...
Over time, however, with the subduing of the Taliban, the burqa shifted from a symbol...
In the early days after 9/11, the media depicted certain practices forbidden by the Taliban as modes of "resistance": fishnet stockings under the burqa, lipstick, fingernail polish, and hair-dos. These "freedoms" are described as punishable by death, assertions of agency in the face of repression and acts of courage.
In the aftermath of the US's Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghan women's bodies became an object of international intervention. On November 17th, the State Department issued a "Report on the Taliban's War Against Women." On the same day, Laura Bush became the first First Lady to speak on the president's weekly radio address, talking on the subject of Afghan women.
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