Ocupation: Writer
Life: b. August 26, 1962
Birthday: August 26
Emancipation can only come from within; it cannot be dictated by someone else. A law banning the wearing of headscarves changes nothing, except perhaps external appearance. Naturally, Islamic feminism must also include the right to education, to work and the freedom to select one's own husband.
source: "'They Live in a Bleak, Devastated Universe'". Spiegel Interview, www.spiegel.de. November 14, 2005.
topic: Husband, Islamic, Law, External Appearance, Headscarves