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Leila Ahmed - The Veil

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Leila Ahmed is one of the world's leading thinkers on women and Islam. In her new book "A Quiet Revolution" Leilaexamines some of our assumptions about women and the veil.

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This is chapter 2 from the programme Woman's Hour, 27/05/2011. Listen to it here or listen to it in the context of the whole programme.

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Available since Fri, 3 Jun 2011.

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