@hbdchick Fascinating origin story for the modern Egyptian veil!
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@sarahdoingthing yeah. it was very fashionable *not* to veil in egypt in 1920s-40s, esp. among middle class. before that it was common, tho. -
@hbdchick@sarahdoingthing many middle eastern countries had a period in the 20th century where they flirted with modernity. -
@hbdchick@sarahdoingthing thus the somewhat popular picture of Afghanistan in the 1970s or some-such. -
@bitemyapp@sarahdoingthing i like the photo of queen farida from the 1930s myself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Farida_of_Egypt.jpg … (^_^)
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