The Tuareg Exception: Where Men Veil and Women Lead in the Islamic World
The image is ubiquitous: a woman shrouded in a veil, her life and choices constrained by a patriarchal interpretation of faith. To much of the outside world, “Islamic culture” is synonymous with the suppression of women’s rights, a monolithic entity where female voice and agency are systematically silenced. This stereotype, repeated in global media and…