Featured Video - Niqab in Egypt

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At what age do young women start wearing burqas and do they like it?

AZ Univ. of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas USA

What would happen to a woman if she refused to wear a hijab? What would her family think of her?

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Univ. of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas USA

What are the consequences or assault that women get for not being covered up?

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As woman of Egypt do you feel like you have the power to create change? Do you feel as if you have rights? After researching people in other countries how do your perspectives change?

BR Univ. of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas USA

My question is for the women: Are more women becoming more independent and wanting to move away to explore their education and succeed in their careers?

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Univ. of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas USA

Why are Egyptian men allowed to have more than one wife and if a man in the United States has more than one wife he is considered a polygamist?

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Are Muslim women happy covering their faces?

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Is it possible in Egypt for women to have close friends that are men or vice versa. As an American women I have many platonic friends who are men and my fiance has many female friends as well. Is this allowed or even given the chance to occur? Or are women and men not around each other enough for them to develop a friendship?

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If women in Egypt want to attend a University, do they have the same registration/admission process as the men, or is it different?

SB Univ. of Incarnate Word, San Antonio Texas, USA

Guide to Muslim Cover

               



Hijab (common in Egypt)

Niqab (less common in Egypt)








Burqa (not seen in Egypt)

VIDEO: Sexual Harassment Problem in Egypt? Is this Video Accurate? Inaccurate? Exaggerated? Propaganda for Western policies?

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Read many comments about sexual harassment in Egypt here on CNN

Do you think sexual harassment is a problem on the streets of Cairo? Do you believe there is more sexual harassment on streets in American cities or Egyptian cities?

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Do you think that Islam oppresses women? Why?

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Do you think that Muslims oppress women? Is this question different than the question above? If so, how?

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About the hijab, niqab, or burqa, Are the looseness and thickness of the clothing contributing qualities to dressing 'appropriately'? And if so, does this tend to make the clothing more restrictive?

BG Univ of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas USA

What is the difference between mainstream and fundamentalist or extremist Islam's views of: women's rights, especially towards education and marriage?

Peter, Vancouver, Canada

Why are male and female students separated in University classes? Is it the same in high school? Earlier?

Jihee, Seoul, Korea

Why is Egyptian traditional dress for women black? Does black have any meaning, like red in China-fortune/luck or white in Korea-royalty/integrity?

Jihee, Seoul, Korea

Why do women have to cover themselves and not men?

Lilly, Tampa Bay, Florida, USA

Why do some women completely cover their body and their faces while others just cover their hair?

Lilly, Tampa Bay, Florida, USA and Linda Pearman, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Do Egyptian women try to look attractive? What do they do?

Laura, New York, USA

Do Egyptian women wear make-up? What does Islam say about wearing make-up?

Laura, New York, USA

At what age do Egyptian women start covering?

Larry, New Jersey, USA and Linda Pearman, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Why is the call to pray mandatory for men but optional for women?

Staci, Manhattan, Kansas, USA

Why don't women have equal rights with men across the Muslim world?

Bob, Tucson, Arizona and Kathleen, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Do you think Egyptian women should cover themselves more? In other words, do they dress too sexy and show too much skin?

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What percentage of Egyptian women wear the hijab or niqab because of pressure or judgment from other women (mothers, sisters, female friends)?

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What percentage of Egyptian women wear the hijab or niqab because their brothers want them to?

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What percentage of Egyptian women wear the hijab or niqab because their fathers want them to?

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What percentage of Egyptian women wear the hijab or niqab because their husbands want them to?

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Living in Cairo, my wife (Western) is very friendly and at a wedding she met a friend of a co-worker and extended her hand to shake hands with him but he looked down and refused to shake her hand, Why did he do this? My wife was bewildered, hurt and felt this to be quite rude? Do Egyptians think this is rude? Or was it inappropriate for her to extend her hand and offer to shake a man's hand?

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I have heard that 10 years ago many fewer Egyptian women were wearing the hijab but now most Egyptian women wear the hijab. What caused this change? Will it ever change back?

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What would you do if your 20 year old Muslim daughter came to you said she has thought very long and studied many religions and she no longer wants to be a Muslim and she does not believe in Allah? Imagine you tried to persuade her for many years but she still did not believe in God. Could you accept this and give her 'freedom of religion'? What about for a son?

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If your wife won a scholarship to study at a top university in the USA for 2 months would you let her go to the USA by herself to study? Why or why not? What about for 2 weeks?

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Who is the best female role model for young Egyptian women? Who is the most respected woman in Egypt today?

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Is a woman's proper place in the home cooking, cleaning and taking care of children? Is it OK for women to have a career instead of children?

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Do some men stare at attractive women on the streets of Cairo? Do they make rude comments?

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I understand that Muslim men may have up to 4 wives...

I also understand that at the time of the prophet many men had more than 4 wives so the prophet limited the number to improve the situation for women. This sounds like Islam was born in a specific historical context. If Islam and the Quran come from a specific historical context how can the same Islam work "universally" om all different cultures and all countries?
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If a beautiful woman wearing a short skirt is sexually assaulted by a man, whose fault is it, the man's or the woman's or both?

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Was women covering part of Arab culture before Islam? If so, isn't covering cultural and not part of Islam?

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Who is a better Muslim?

1) A woman who wears the hijab but tells many small lies to her friends, family and boss, comes late to work, leaves early and steals small amounts of money from her company
OR
2) A woman who wears make-up, sleeveless shirts and short skirts and likes to dance but is always completely honest with her friends, family and boss, always comes to work on time, works hard and never steals anything?
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Women in the Workforce by Country

 Women Workforce Map shows a World Map, where different colors have been used to demarcate various regions of the world with different percentage of women in paid employment. In countries such as Ghana, Ukraine and Thailand over 50% of the population comprises of women. In maximum countries, 40-50% are women. In most of the North American, Latin American, European and African countries, 40-50% women are working. In India, 30-40% are women. In African countries like Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Sudan etc, 20-30% of women are working. Women form a significant part of each nation's population. Over the years, they have been playing a crucial role in transforming worker's lives.

Women have been part of the workforce from time immemorial. Not only the number of women in the workforce is increasing but the number of women earning top business positions is also on a rise. In Islamic countries such as Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Pakistan only 10-20% women are working. This Women Workforce Map gives you a clear idea of percentage of women in paid employment in various countries of the world.