sheikher
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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 10:25 am Post subject: The Joy of Abayas: Radio New Zealand |
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Radio New Zealand: Saturday Morning With Kim Hill, 7 August 2010
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday
Nesrine Malik: Wearing the Burqa
Sudanese-born writer and commentator who works in a London-based private equity firm and has become accustomed to wearing an abaya. (duration: 17′12″)
http://www.abigmessage.com/uk-government-minister-defends-the-burqa.html
A Woman Living In The UK Who Finds Wearing A Burqa Empowering
Nesrine Malik, aged 29, works in a private-equity firm in the UK. When her parents, originally from the Sudan, moved to Saudi Arabia from London, Nesrine Malik, then 18, and her three sisters were each given an abaya (full-length cloak) and nijab (full-face veil) before they went to visit her parents. Nesrine Malik found the garb �humiliating, biolating, dehumanizing� and �wearing it seemed to empower all the men around me and put me firmly in my place as inferior�. Moreover, it was extremely uncomfortable and impractical in Saudi Arabia�s heat...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/7896536/Burka-ban-Why-must-I-cast-off-the-veil.html
The first time I had to wear a niqab was a thoroughly unpleasant experience. My parents, originally from Sudan but living in London, had just moved to Saudi Arabia. Before we joined them, four black abayas (full-length cloaks) and niqabs (full face-veil) were dispatched to me and my three sisters...
Vocabulary Development 101
1. biolating: To violate someone with your biological fluids such as vomit, urine, semen, blood, spit, and even tears
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Biolate |
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