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One year on, Muslim women reflect on wearing the niqab in a mask-wearing world

  • Written by Anna Piela, Visiting Scholar in Religious Studies and Gender, Northwestern University
One year on, Muslim women reflect on wearing the niqab in a mask-wearing worldMuslim women say they are having an easier time wearing the niqab during pandemic times.hjrivas/Pixabay, CC BY

One year into the pandemic, protective face masks have come to signify different things for different groups of people.

To some it’s an issue of protest, while for some others it’s a statement of social responsibility. Some...

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