What Does the Veil Know? by Eva Meyer, Vivian Liska

What Does the Veil Know?

Eva Meyer, Vivian Liska

198 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

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In the Assyrian, Greco-Roman and Byzantine empires, as well as in pre-Islamic Iran, veiling and seclusion were marks of prestige and symbols of status. The veil was a sign of respectability but also of a lifestyle that did not require the performa...

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