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Episode #2: Underneath the Veil

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Why do some Middle Eastern women wear headscarves or full-body coverings? The answers might just surprise you. Joining us are Barbara Petzen, Director of Middle East Connections, who explains the social, political, and economic reasons for veiling, and Subheen Razzaqui, a hijab-wearing world history and political science teacher in Newton, Massachusetts.

Guest Bio

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Barbara Petzen is the director of Middle East Connections, a nonprofit initiative that provides professional and curriculum development services to K-12 educators, as well as the former president of the Middle East Outreach Council, a national consortium of educators working to further teachers’ understanding of the Middle East. She has also previously served as the education director at the Middle East Policy Council and as the outreach coordinator at Harvard University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies. She holds degrees in international politics, Middle Eastern Studies, and education from Columbia, Oxford, and the University of Illinois. She also conducted doctoral work in Middle Eastern history at Harvard University before leaving to focus on her work with the K-12 community.

Free Resources for Episode #2

Learn more about the historical, cultural, and political reasons for veiling with these free online resources:

  • The chapter Today’s Middle East: Women, Rights, Leadership in the digital book Teaching the Middle East: A Resource Guide for Educators. The digital book was developed by TeachMidEast, the educational division of the Middle East Policy Council, a nonprofit organization.
  • The website Reorienting the Veil, an online educational resource that “explores Islamic veiling practices in transnational contexts and from a multi-disciplinary perspective.” The site was developed by the Center for European Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Episode Acknowledgements

Thanks to Barbara Petzen and Subheen Razzaqui for their insights, patience, and humor in producing episode #2. We would also like to thank Jihane, Laila, and Subheen, who were willing to share their personal thoughts on covering in this episode with our audience of teachers.

Featured Music


• “Kim Arar,” by Wind of Anatolia, from the album Live at the 2014 Golden Festival, used with permission from Wind of Anatolia. The track has been excerpted and mixed with narrative.
• “Rocinante’s Lament,” by Doctor Turtle, from the album Hasta La Blister, used under Creative Commons License Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). The track has been excerpted and mixed with narrative.
• “The Sickness,” by Monplaisir, from the album Draft, used under Creative Commons License 1.0 Universal (public domain). The track has been excerpted and mixed with narrative.
• “Brave,” by Borrtex, from the album Courage, used under Creative Commons License Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). The track has been excerpted and mixed with narrative.
• “Venndet,” by Blue Dot Sessions, from the album Landsman Duets, used under Creative Commons License Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). The track has been excerpted and mixed with narrative.
• “One Quiet Conversation” by Blue Dot Sessions, from the album K2, used under Creative Commons License Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). The track has been excerpted and mixed with narrative.
• “Milkwood,” by Blue Dot Sessions, from the album The Cabinetmaker, used under Creative Commons License Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). The track has been excerpted and mixed with narrative.
• “Turning on the Lights,” by Blue Dot Sessions, from the album Speakeasy, used under Creative Commons License Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). The track has been excerpted and mixed with narrative.
• “West Coast,” by Ryan Little, used under Creative Commons License Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). The track has been excerpted and mixed with narrative.

 

 

 
 
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