Summary – "The many faces behind the veil"

Text 2 is called “The many faces behind the veil” and is written by Arifa Akbar and Jerome Taylor. The text was published in 2010 in The Independent.

The text begins by presenting a variety of reasons why Muslim women choose to wear the hijab - i.e. the veil that covers the head and chest of Muslim women.

Moving on, Tayler accentuates that according to some, the niqab - i.e. the veil that covers the faces of Muslim women, leaving space for the eyes - is a tool of oppression.

Arifa Akbar presents her experience with wearing the niqab. She was the first in her family to wear a niqab. She had chosen it because it represented the symbol of her spiritual journey.

For Arifa Akbar, the niqab eased her interaction with the rest of the world. She insist...