. Can we only free Afghan women to be like usor might we have to recognize that even after "liberation"from the Taliban, they might want different things thanwe would want for them? What do we do about that?
what if some Afghan women like where there at? do we force them to change what they know best? What do we do ?
or. Would televi-sion diva Oprah Winfrey host the Women in Black, thewomen's peace group from Israel, as she did RAWA, theRevolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan, whowere also granted the Glamour Magazine Women of theYear Award
she points out that some women get celebrated while some get ignored.
hese girls are made to invoke the gift of a share ofthis world, a world where freedom reigns under Christianskies. This is not the world the Taliban-and-the-terroristswould "like to impose on the rest of u
she is saying that this was just a script and propaganda.
Could we not leave veils and vocationsers behind and instead train our sights othe world a more
here she is saying that we should try to work together instead of trying to "save" someone
f saving. When you sasomeone, you imply that you are saving her from sthing. You are also saving her to something. Whatlences are entailed in this transformation, and whatsumptions are being made about the superior
here she is breaking down what saving actually is. and what it means to be saved.
.) What does free-dom mean if we accept the fundamental premise that hu-mans are social beings, always raised in certain social andhistorical contexts and belonging to particular communi-ties that shape their desires and understandings of theworld
this is asking the question of what freedom acturally mean? many people have there own definition of freedom, so how can we say what freedom actually is?
. As anthropologists know perfectly well, peoplewear the appropriate form of dress for their social commu-nities and are guided by socially shared standards, relig-ious beliefs, and moral ideals, unless they deliberatelytransgress to make a point or are unable to afford propercover.
this connects the American way of dressing to their way of dressing
Twenty years ago the anthropologist Hanna Papanek(1982), who worked in Pakistan, described the burqa as"portable seclusion." She noted that many saw it as a lib-erating invention because it enabled women to move outof segregated living spaces while still observing the basicmoral requirements of separating and protecting womenfrom unrelated men.
this defines the burqa not as a bondage but as a way for women to be free to practice there religion but also going in public
is werethe case, why would women suddenly become immodest?Why would they suddenly throw off the markers of theirrespectability,
when the Taliban are gone would women not follow there religion or tradition anymore.
. Instead of political and historicalexplanations, experts were being asked to give religio-cultural ones. Instead of questions that might lead to theexploration of global interconnections, we were offeredones that worked to artificially divide the world into sepa-rate spheres-recreating an imaginative geography of Westversus East, us versus Muslims, cultures in which First Ladiesgive speeches versus others where women shuffle aroundsilently in burqa
this shows how the media is only looking at the religious aspects instead of trying to find the history behind the war.