In Cairo in the 1940s, the author was raised by a generation of women who never dressed in the veils and headscarves their mothers and grandmothers had worn. However, the majority of Muslim women throughout the Islamic world again wear the veil. This is a story of the veil's resurgence, from Egypt through Saudi Arabia and into the West.

Christoph Baumer

    

Central Asia today rarely seems central to much of anything aside from geography. Its vast steppes, deserts and mountains are places usually passed over, often from 10,000 meters up.

But it was not always... [ Read full review ]