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Taliban
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...Under the Taliban women were forbidden to work outside the home, were compelled to wear a head-to-toe covering known as a burka, and could not leave the home without a male guardian. Such issues, along with restrictions on women ’ s access...

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Fay H. Burka, businesswoman, volunteer
Magazine article from: Washington Jewish Week; 1/15/2004; 582 words ; Fay H. Burka, 94, former co-owner of Burka DGS Grocery in the District and an active volunteer in the Jewish...a trip to the Washington, D.C., in 1930, she met Harry Burka and they were married that same year. She and her husband owned...
Interview: Paul Burka discusses how Galveston still remembers the hurricane of 1900
Transcript from: Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR); 9/24/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...NPR) 09-24-2005 Interview: Paul Burka discusses how Galveston still remembers...paths ever so close to that city. Paul Burka is the senior executive editor of Texas...has been shaped by the hurricanes. Mr. Burka joins us from the studios of KUT in Austin...
Covering the burka issue from all sides.(LOCAL NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Guelph Mercury (Guelph, Ontario); 6/29/2009; 700+ words ; ...Nicolas Sarkozy has strongly repudiated the burka, a tent-like garment worn by some Muslim...be prisoners behind a screen . . . The burka is not a religious sign, it's a sign...columnists and editorial boards see the burka as a danger to women in our own culture...
Interview: Paul Burka talks about people from President-elect George W. Bush's inner circle in Texas who might be joining him in Washington
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 1/5/2001; ; 700+ words ; 00-00-0000 Interview: Paul Burka talks about people from President-elect...of the others, we've turned to Paul Burka. He's executive editor of the Texas...Commerce secretary, Don Evans. Mr. PAUL BURKA (Executive Editor, Texas Monthly...
Texas Monthly's Paul Burka says GOP seat losses, leadership differences could be trouble for legislature.
Newspaper article from: Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, TX); 11/29/2006; 700+ words ; ...next year's legislative session, Paul Burka, a veteran Texas political watcher, said Tuesday in Beaumont. Burka, senior executive editor for Texas Monthly...which leaves them with five spare votes, Burka said. The blame for the losses rests with...
Canadians shouldn't be in any hurry to ban the burka.(OPINIONS)
Newspaper article from: Guelph Mercury (Guelph, Ontario); 7/14/2009; 700+ words ; ...President Nicholas Sarkozy recently said the burka -- the full-body covering worn by some...debate on whether to legislate against the burka in Canada, but we shouldn't be too eager...against nudity. For an example closer to the burka, Canadian courts are likely to continue...
Let's not be in any hurry to ban the burka.(INSIGHT)
Newspaper article from: The Record (Kitchener, Ontario); 7/14/2009; 700+ words ; ...President Nicholas Sarkozy recently said the burka -- the full-body covering worn by some...debate on whether to legislate against the burka in Canada, but we shouldn't be too eager...against nudity. For an example closer to the burka, Canadian courts are likely to continue...
Top Egyptian cleric bans burka in schools.
Newspaper article from: Al Arabiya (Saudi Arabia); 10/5/2009; 562 words ; ...Azhar, banned women from wearing the burka, or face veil, inside all its affiliate schools on Monday as a top cleric said the burka was only a tradition and not Egypt's...Azhar, banned women from wearing the burka, or face veil, inside all its affiliate...
Now who's your daddy? Burka gives way to other oppressive garb
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 11/11/2003; ; 641 words ; ...Samadzai, officially cut her link to the burka by strutting her stuff in a two-piece swimsuit...women of Afghanistan being freed from the burka. Personally, there's nothing I like about a burka. It isn't meant merely to give a woman...
France's burka ban uncovered: recently, French president Nicolas Sarkozy proposed that Muslim women be prohibited from wearing head-to-toe coverings. Should Western countries have the right to impose a dress code? Janine di Giovanni investigates.(Talking Point)
Magazine article from: Harper's Bazaar; 9/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...decided to begin considering whether the burka, used in France as a blanket term to include...words, went as far as to say that the burka was "not welcome" in France. The French...freedoms versus assimilation. Though the burka is rare in France--the hijab, or head...