The French obsession with the veil exceeds that of most other countries in the West. Why? Analysis of an American historian specializing in France. The official French preoccupation with the veil exceeds that of most other countries in Western Europe. In the Anglo-American world, even post 9/11, the veil is not seen as the flag of an insurrection; nor is the suppression of ethnic, racial, and religious differences a requirement for inclusion in the nation. A line from the American poet, (.)
The curtain opens and the stage is almost bare. There is a chest of drawers, a carpet and, on it, a woman holding a bundle tucked away in a blanket. “From seven in the morning to two in the (.)