Is a hijab what you think it is?


Before class please watch the video and answer the questions.

  1. Does  Samina Ali fit your stereotype of a Muslim woman? Why or why not?
  2. Before watching the video how would you have defined hijab?  Has that now changed?
  3. Does the history of Islam that she presents surprise you and if so, in what way?
  4. How do you feel about her reading of the actions of some modern "so called clerics"?
  5. Do you think other religion's or society's traditionalists use a false or misunderstood history to control the lives of women?
  6. What do you know about the lives of women in ancient Japan?
  7. Do you think that traditionalists in Japan have a bad effect on the lives of Japanese women now?

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