The International Body: The Middle Eastern Body

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The International BodyThe Middle Eastern Body

• A Group Presentation By
• Beth Peterson
• Ben Asbury
• Kaila Petty
• Jill Potter
• Paul Duzhiy

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Womens Clothing

• The Roots of the Veil
• The Veil A Common Practice
• Politics, Sex, and the Veil
• Current Treatment of Middle Eastern Women
• Seclusion, by definition, is the practice of
  confining women, after puberty, to their own
  company.

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Womens ClothingThe Veil

• History of the Veil
• Origins of the veil prehistory
• Koran modest in dress, and to cover the head
  both females and males

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History of Veilcontinued

• Mohammad
• Seclusion the practice of confining women,
  after puberty, to their own company.

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Politics, Sex, and the Veil

• Veil came to represent political issues of the
  day
• Mamluks and Slaves
• Wives and concubines
• 1700s veilpurity virginity

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Today

• Afghanistan since fall of Taliban, veil no
  longer enforcedor is it?
• 70 Afghan females not in school

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Works Cited

• Chatty, Dawn. The Burqa Face Cover An Aspect
  of Dress In Southeastern Asia. Languages of
  Dress In The Middle East. Ingham, Bruce and
  Nancy Lindisfarne-Tapper, eds. Curzon Press
  Surrey, Great Briton, 1997.
• Morarjee, Rachel. 30 Years On, Time Has Stood
  Still For Millions of Women in South Asia. AFP
  Agence France-Presse. 6 March 2005.
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• Wendell, Susan. Who Is Disabled? Defining
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  Forbidden Knowledge. Portland State University,
  2005.

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Mens Clothing
What's the next best thing after oil?
STYLE!
Welcome to the fashion show
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• Hello and Welcome. My name is Paul I will be your
  host tonight. We will walk around the world and
  discuss the major dos and donts that we see
  when it comes to looking good in the sun.

Clothing makes the women or the man!
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• Traditional Muslim Wear
• In the Dessert it is very hot, wearing loose
  fitting clothing allows you to stay cooler.
• This salwar would be worn on an average day, with
  new patent breathing in the cotton, it should
  keep you refreshed.
• This color is good for older men as well as
  younger boys.

For you more taste full bunch we have the 3
piece salwar. This also come in black.
Quality made boy's suit imported from Pakistan.
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• Our Men's authentic Arabian Jubba is a deluxe
  suit-style jacket, intended to be worn over a
  traditional dishadasha (not included.) Sometimes
  referred to as an Imam's coat, this is the same
  high quality Jubba worn by Clerics and others in
  Middle Eastern countries. Our professionally
  tailored men's jubba has a traditional collar,
  shoulder pads and satin lining which extends to
  waist-including arms. Buttons which are hidden by
  front panel, reach down to waist for ease of
  walking and ease of salat.

• Length of a garment - a hadith
• Abdur Rahman said "The Apostle of Allah (peace
  be upon him) said The way for a believer to wear
  a lower garment is to have it halfway down his
  legs and he is guilty of no sin if it comes
  halfway between that and the ankles, but what
  comes lowerthan the ankles is in Hell on the day
  of Resurrection. Allah will not look at him who
  trails his lower garment conceitedly."
• Book 32, Number 4082

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Nylon kufi are great, these are all hand made
with the durable nylon
These pre-wrapped turbans are like no other.
They have a kufi base, but con- fertable light
cotton on top. All Hand made, all the time!
Lets see one in action!
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• Clothing often varies with
• climate of the region
• age
• social status (rich and poor) and sometimes
  occupation
• marital status (married or unmarried)
• group identity (village, tribal, national, or
  ethnic group)

A young Turkish man with traditional hat of
Central Turkey
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A Turkish boy dressed for his circumcision in a
smart new suit and ready-made ermine edged red
cape (or white), hat and red sash (or white)
which reads masallah, Praise Allah
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• These punjabi shoes would be a compliment
• to the salwar we looked at earlier. All natural
• all leather, slip on style!

Excelent leather socks. These are made from
calf. They can be used for Islamic Prayer or
dawah journeys.
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As you can see, we have a lovely Afghani chapan.
George looks good on a Sunday after noon.
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Stay warm this winter with our high quality men's
oversized embroidered wool blend shawl.
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In parts of southern Iraq, the wearing of the
agal or head rope over the head
scarf Indicates tribal identity in the larger
tribal confederations of the mintifij and Bani
Huchaim. The main signal given by not wearing
the agal in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States,
or by wearing it plainly falling down from
either side of the head to the chest, is that
one may be a mutawwa or person committed to the
dawah or propagation of Islam
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Or, in Iraq, people not wearing head the head
rope and wearing the head scarf folded back over
the head in a semi turban style would be thought
to be coastal or palm-cultivating Arabs of the
area of Shatt al-Arab.
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Within Saudi arabia however the absence of the
agal does not have this meaning, and there is a
tendency for people from the smaller town not to
wear it plainly.
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Work Cited

• http//images.google.com/imgres?imgurlhttp//www.
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Clothing Identity

• clothing shows the social and occupational status
  of people.
• Married and unmarried women might wear different
  clothing or head coverings.
• Different ages wear different types of clothing.
• Clothing worn out in public would be very
  different from clothing worn in the home
  (especially for women).
• An older man would have a beard while a younger
  man might not.
• clothing differs as to the situation one is in.
  (i.e. clothing while doing farm work, compared to
  clothing when going to a mosque.)

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Clothing Identity
Qur'an and Hadith's influences on clothing

• Both women and men to be modest.
• Men should not wear silk or gold jewelry to show
  off their wealth.
• Clothing should not attract attention or be worn
  to show off.
• Clothing must cover the entire body only the
  hands and face may remain visible.
• The material must not be so thin that one can see
  through it.
• Clothing must hang loose so that the shape of the
  body is not shown off.
• The woman's clothing must not resemble the man's
  clothing, nor should the man's clothing resemble
  the woman's.
• Women should neither artificially lengthen their
  hair with wigs/weaves, nor have tattoos.

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Clothing Identity
Qur'an and Hadith's influences on clothing

• A Muslim should not wear clothing to look like a
  non-Muslim. (For example, the Persians were known
  for wearing red, many silk robes, and their men's
  robes had long trains which dragged behind them.
  The Prophet Muhammad was against Muslims copying
  these styles.)
• Men's robes or shirts should extend down from
  halfway below the shin but over the ankles, but
  not so long as to trail behind on the ground.
• While praying in a mosque, clothing should be
  plain and not be distracting.
• A man's hair might be criticized if it was
  shoulder-length or longer. The Prophet Muhammad
  preferred men to wear their hair neat and cut a
  little below the ears.

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Clothing Identity
Other influences on gender identity
MARCH 2005 Muslim dolls are created for small
children in order to rule out Barbie and her
wanton (anti-Muslim) appearance. Dolls created
to promote traditional values, with their modest
clothing and pro-family backgrounds.
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Politics Religion

• And say to the believing women that they should
  lower their gaze and guard their modesty and
  that they should not display their beauty and
  ornaments except what must ordinarily appear
  thereof that they should draw their veils over
  their bosoms and not display their beauty except
  to their husbands..." (Qur'an 2430-31)

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• An Iranian school girl is quoted as saying, We
  want to stop men from treating us like sex
  objects, as they have always done. We want them
  to ignore our appearance and to be attentive to
  our personalities and mind. We want them to take
  us seriously and treat us as equals and not just
  chase us around for our bodies and physical
  looks (USC.edu).

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FOUCAULT
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Works Cited

• http//www.salambazar.com/umairsImages/license2Vei
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Diversity of Human Experience

• Statistics USA, Iran, and Iraq
• Land
• People
• Religion
• Government

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UNITED STATES
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LAND

• United States
• Area
• total 9,631,418 sq km land 9,161,923 sq km
  water 469,495 sq km
• Size about 2 ½ times the size of Western Europe

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IRAN
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LAND

• Iran
• Area
• total 1.648 million sq km land 1.636 million
  sq km water 12,000 sq km
• Size slightly larger than Alaska

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IRAQ
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LAND

• Iraq
• Area
• total 437,072 sq km land 432,162 sq km
  water 4,910 sq km
• Size slightly more than twice the size of Idaho

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U.S. IRAN IRAQ
PEOPLE
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COMPARING FACTS people
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United States
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Iran
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Iraq
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RELIGION

• United States Protestant 52, Roman Catholic
  24, Mormon 2, Jewish 1, Muslim 1, other 10,
  none 10
• Iran Shi'a Muslim 89, Sunni Muslim 9,
  Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 2
• Iraq Muslim 97 (Shi'a 60-65, Sunni 32-37),
  Christian or other 3

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GOVERNMENT

• GAINED INDEPENDENCE
• United States- 4 July 1776 (from Great Britain)
• Iran- 1 April 1979 (Islamic Republic of Iran
  proclaimed)
• Iraq- 3 October 1932 (from League of Nations
  mandate under British administration)

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COMPARING FACTS government
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In conclusion

• We have learned about many things today
• Womens clothing
• Mens clothing
• Clothing Identity
• Religion and Politics
• and the diversity of the human experience!

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• THE END
• Enjoy the rest of your afternoon

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• Web
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