[travel] Islamic fashions
Apr. 18th, 2009 11:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mattbellAfter mostly abandoning headscarves in the 1970s as part of Women's Liberation, the Egyptians have re-embraced (or perhaps re-imposed) them as part of the resurgence of Islamic fundamentalism. However, teen girls are teen girls, and they (on average) want to look pretty and distinctive. Thus, the headscarf becomes a fashion accessory that has to be matched with other parts of the outfit, and there are lots of ways to do it.
A friend and I wandered through a very interesting park on the eastern side of Cairo a couple of days ago (more on this park later), and during our visit were accosted by a swarm of what were presumably middle-school girls showing off various headscarf fashions. We were presented with a socially acceptable opportunity to take their picture, so we did:
One fashion not in this photo involves putting the hair up in a topknot or ponytail and then putting a headscarf over that, giving the head an elongated shape.
A friend and I wandered through a very interesting park on the eastern side of Cairo a couple of days ago (more on this park later), and during our visit were accosted by a swarm of what were presumably middle-school girls showing off various headscarf fashions. We were presented with a socially acceptable opportunity to take their picture, so we did:
One fashion not in this photo involves putting the hair up in a topknot or ponytail and then putting a headscarf over that, giving the head an elongated shape.
