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	purdah Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body purdah literally means curtain or veil , and refers to the various...of their natal family) in the South Asian subcontinent. Purdah can refer to the veiling or covering of the entire body...seclusion of women inside their homes. In the sense of attire, purdah can denote the practice of completely covering a ... Read more
	Cornelia Sorabji Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...responsible for the interests of women property holders who lived in purdah. In 1923 she was called to the English bar, but continued to...lived in London. Her writings include Love and Life behind the Purdah (1901), Sun Babies (1904; 2d series, 1909), Indian Tales of... Read more
	harem Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...several hundred women, all subject to the control of the sultan's mother and guarded by eunuchs. In India the harem is called a purdah or zenana; in Iran, andarun. Although the harem is rapidly disappearing in the 20th cent., there nevertheless are still some... Read more
	Sociology and Anthropology of Childhood Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society ...children's contributions to sustaining the religious institution of purdah, which involves the spatial seclusion of women. Among the Hausa...to sell at the local market. Confined to their households by purdah, income-earning women depended on children to purchase materials... Read more
	Somalis Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...time. However, Somalis are not as traditionally religious as Muslims in many other cultures. For example, women do not practice purdah, or seclusion. They do not wear veils or cover their entire bodies when outside the home. Somalis incorporate a belief in a... Read more
	Jahan, Nur Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...above all other Women; and his whole Empire is govern'd at this day by her counsel." Nur Jahan is said to never have broken purdah, the Islamic rule of women hiding themselves from men. From behind the curtains of the harem, she issued her orders to trusted... Read more

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	purdah Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes purdah •Dada • radar • zamindar • Pindar •chowkidar • havildar • Godard •doodah • purdah , sirdar Read more
	Purdah Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Purdah (Pers., pardah , ‘curtain’). The Muslim seclusion of women from strangers, related to hijāb (the veil). The basis is in Qurʾān 33. 53. Read more
	sirdar Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes sirdar •Dada • radar • zamindar • Pindar •chowkidar • havildar • Godard •doodah • purdah , sirdar Read more
	Godard Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes Godard •Dada • radar • zamindar • Pindar •chowkidar • havildar • Godard •doodah • purdah , sirdar Read more
	chowkidar Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes chowkidar •Dada • radar • zamindar • Pindar •chowkidar • havildar • Godard •doodah • purdah , sirdar Read more
	havildar Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes havildar •Dada • radar • zamindar • Pindar •chowkidar • havildar • Godard •doodah • purdah , sirdar Read more
	zamindar Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes zamindar •Dada • radar • zamindar • Pindar •chowkidar • havildar • Godard •doodah • purdah , sirdar Read more
	doodah Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes doodah •Dada • radar • zamindar • Pindar •chowkidar • havildar • Godard •doodah • purdah , sirdar Read more
	radar Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes radar •Dada • radar • zamindar • Pindar •chowkidar • havildar • Godard •doodah • purdah , sirdar Read more
	Dada Book article from: Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes Dada •Dada • radar • zamindar • Pindar •chowkidar • havildar • Godard •doodah • purdah , sirdar Read more

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veil
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English veil • noun 1. her face covered by a veil synonyms : face covering, mantilla, yashmak, purdah. 2. a veil of mist covered the mountain | under a veil of secrecy synonyms : covering, cover, screen, curtain, film, mantle, cloak, mask, blanket, shroud, canopy, cloud. Read more

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	Wearing, Alison. Honeymoon in purdah; an Iranian journey.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article) Magazine article from: Kliatt; 3/1/2002; ; 513 words ; ...offhand reference to a date, this reviewer had to look up Ayatollah Khomeini's death date and add six years. Also, the word purdah, used in the title, appears only once without definition. It means a state of seclusion or concealment. The only character in... Read more
	Councillor sparks election leaflet probe. Newspaper article from: St. Helens, Prescot & Knowsley Reporter (St. Helens, England); 5/21/2008; 303 words ; ...leaflets outlining the Labour Party's Building Schools for the Future project. Coun Smith claims this deliberately breached purdah - an agreement by government and councils to suspend making policy announcements before elections - by sending leaflets in the... Read more
	ELECTIONS FOIL BYPASS MEETING. Newspaper article from: Melton Times & Citizen (Melton Mowbray, England); 3/8/2007; 418 words ; ...May 3. The latest date for the publication of the notice of election is March 27 which marks the start of what is called the purdah period, intended to stop councillors or political groups using the council to gain an electoral advantage. Melton Chamber of... Read more
	Anthropology matters!(Brief Article)(Book Review) Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 2/1/2008; 167 words ; ...and female circumcision, cross-cultural comparison and aging, cultural imperialism and missionism, gender stratification and purdah, inequality and same-sex marriage, and popular culture and the media. The text is meant to supplement introductory anthropology... Read more
	Women in the Indian national movement; unseen faces and unheard voices, 1930-42.(book)(Brief Article)(Book Review) Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 5/1/2006; 132 words ; ...movement and the response of police and other men to those who believed that a free India meant freeing women from traditional purdah (segregation) and linking women's education with nation-building. First-person accounts and photos personalize the issues... Read more
	A Harvard collection at the National Gallery.(A Private Passion: Harvard's Winthrop Collection) Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...loneliness. The early loss of his wife left him to bring up his daughters, whom he kept in a state of puritan, vegetarian near-purdah that they escaped as soon as they could. They both eloped on the same day, one with his gardener and the other with his electrician... Read more
	On the Outside Looking In(dian): Indian Women Writers at Home and Abroad.(Book review) Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...discriminations across their history. These discriminations include, as the first paragraph of the preface exhaustively spells out: 'purdah [ ... ] veiling, denial of education, property rights, [ ... ] female infanticide, child marriage, bridal deaths, son preference... Read more
	Lawrence Gipe at Joseph Helman. (New York).(exhibition of photo-based portraits)(Brief Article) Magazine article from: Art in America; 5/1/2002; ; 410 words ; ...representations of the cultural other acceptable as theme-park entertainment for amateur photographers. Head covered but liberated from purdah, the subject of Panel No. 11 from Schone (Beautiful Maharani, 1936) began this parade of racial and ethnic stereotypes, all... Read more
	Architect's drive led to designs done around the world.(Stuart G. Galloway promoted at Kluger Architects Inc.)(Brief Article)(Biography) Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 3/14/2005; ; 273 words ; ...Saudi Arabia, his work was imbued with the cultural limitations inherent in an Islamic country. We had to design offices with 'purdah walls.' Women and men don't share the same workspace there, he said. Galloway came to the United States in 1980, working in... Read more
	(book reviews) Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/1996; ; 562 words ; ...authority in Haryana where 72.61 percent of the women observe purdah. Rural Indian women have always played major roles in agriculture...Wife beating, emphasis on dowry instead of brideprice, and purdah were strong traditions under the British and continue in post-independen... Read more