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Headscarves and Hymens

10 min read 13 min listen Narrated by Sophie
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What’s it about?

A furious manifesto against the patriarchy in the Arab world, where headscarves and hymens are tools of control—and a call for feminist revolution.

You’ll learn

  • The patriarchy is a political system, not just culture
  • Headscarves and hymens as instruments of surveillance
  • How state, religion, and family enforce control
  • Why Arab Spring failed women