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Leila Ahmed and Azadeh Moaveni: the resurgence of the veil

Why are so many Muslim women around the world choosing to cover themselves when previous generations had decided against wearing the veil? This is the question Leila Ahmed sets out to answer in her book A Quiet Revolution, the veil’s resurgence from the Middle East to America.  Having grown up in the 1940s in a family where […]