Veil

"The prev- alence of an increasing diversity of styles and colors in veiling fashion in Turkey, she argues, does not mean that they are Islamically acceptable as modest clothing. "

" Yet veiling fashion is far from a perfect concoction of piety and style. Not only do women themselves struggle to reconcile the demands of modesty with the imperatives of fashion, they also find themselves under con- stant public scrutiny from Islamists and secularists alike.  "

I found the fact that veils were neither purely religious nor for only a fashion statement as an important point. The article mentions how many woman try to match their veils with their outfits and find it as a way of expressing themselves while many in America think of veils as Islamic "suppression" of women. i guess I'm drawn to how the veil can be labeled neither. It reminds of our conversation about nego feminism and western feminism and how we seemed to want to deem one better than the other or the good one yet, there is no way to truly categorize them like there is no way to compare the veil to wearing no veil. Both are different and one is not better and both can't be labeled. As the quote at the top says women who wear the veil feel judged by Islamists and secularists. The secularists share more in common with the Islamists than is accepted. The overall choice to wear a veil is that of the woman.

The article also talked about the how much women would try to find the perfect veils for their outfits which I never really knew and found interesting because it reminded so much of many US women and men get very focused shoes or bags to compliment their outfits and it made the veil seem so less "unusual" as America sometimes makes it out to be.