Showing Travels in a Veil: A Journey into the Lives of Islamic Women by April Fonti
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I bought a headscarf to cover my short and spiky hair... and so begins the story of a young woman arriving in Peshawar, a volatile city on the border of Afghanistan.
It is 1998, little is known about this part of the world and she is just a backpacker who has wandered off the beaten track. Within days she will meet Shaheen, a charismatic Iranian man who will introduce her to a world of Muslim refugees, feminists, activists and women living in the most severe seclusion.
But is Shaheen the man he claims to be, and can a young western woman find a picture of Islam she can trust?
'Travels in a Veil' tells the brutal story of one woman exploring a new vision of Islam through the stories of nine extraordinarily diverse women.