Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Date of Degree
5-2018
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Program
Middle Eastern Studies
Advisor
Devrim Yavuz
Subject Categories
Arts and Humanities | History
Keywords
Veil, Middle East, France, Secularism, Liberalism, Laicite
Abstract
The present thesis is a study of the New Veil movement in the Middle East and in France. The aim of this thesis is to examine the definition of this movement and its origins focusing on its modern re-emergence. The importance of this issue comes with the rise of nationalism and right wing policies that affected women in general and Veiled Muslim women in particular.
Is it possible that certain restrictive attempts at controlling the day-to-day particulars of religious life have backfired, creating the opposite of their desire effect? What is it about in the dynamics of the state and, on a larger scale, of the global order that generates Fundamentalism?
Recommended Citation
Mortada, Hassan, "The New Veil: A Fundamentally Modern Phenomenon" (2018). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/2725