The Treatment Of Women In Muslim Countries

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thinking, the Muslims have developed their own unique garments to accompany their ideas. The Hijab is an adjective meaning to cover the body and soul in English, and is often referred to when speaking about the Chador. The Chador is the piece of fabric that the Muslim women wear to cover their entire bodies from head to toe. However the Chador’s physical size may vary depending upon each countries ruling. Even underneath the Chador additional clothing must be worn; pants must be worn, no skirts are allowed. The more religiously conscious men require their female family member to wear gloves. Ironically the meaning of Chador is “tent” in English. The history of the behind the Chador is quite interesting. The veil concept originated in Iran many years ago as a fashion statement. The upper class women created a visual difference in appearance by wearing a veil (Goodwin 30). In most Muslim ruled countries it is required to wear one or more of these garments on a daily ...

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called hymen restoration are not uncommon (32).
A horrific story in Price of Honor, by Jan Goodwin, about a little girl who was only about 6 years old was born into a family with a heroin addiction. Apparently that is not uncommon for that area of the world. Her father felt that she need to start making money for the family (addiction). He put her to work as a beggar, that way she would bring in a regular income. A way to enhance his personal possibilities for monetary growth, he decided that she would make more money is she was pathetic looking. He began to beat her with a club, broke her leg & arm severally. Then started to systematically start to burn portions of her body, with ...

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