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To: epicure who wrote (9175)	11/18/2006 12:43:40 PM
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Interesting read with some background info that I was not aware of.. My years in a habit taught me the paradox of veiling If ministers really want a proper debate, they must learn that where the veil is forbidden, women hasten to wear it Karen Armstrong Thursday October 26, 2006 The Guardian I spent seven years of my girlhood heavily veiled - not in a Muslim niqab but in a nun's habit. We wore voluminous black robes, large rosaries and crucifixes, and an elaborate headdress: you could see a small slice of my face from the front, but from the side I was entirely shielded from view. We must have looked very odd indeed, walking dourly through the colourful carnival of London during the swinging 60s, but nobody ever asked us to exchange our habits for more conventional attire. guardian.co.uk

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