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Film & Discussion: Does Hair Drive People Crazy? Veiling as a System

Datum & Uhrzeit: 11.11.2016, 17:30 - 16:00

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Zeit: 11.11.2016, 17:30 - 16:00


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Where Islamist forces are in charge, be it via state power or via social pressure, women are obliged to mark themselves with a piece of clothing that emphasizes their inferior role in society. While women in the "Islamic Republic" of Iran have fought back against the forced veil in many ways, women in Western countries often tend to downplay or culturally relativize oppression.

Fathiyeh Naghibzadeh will talk about the "phallocentric regime of the Mullahs" and its understanding of the "meaningful and precious role of a woman" in Islam, highlight the type of masculinity embodied in the regime's repression apparatus and examine the relationship of this constellation towards the Iranian society.

Nina Scholz will discuss the role of the headscarf and veiling as symbols of gender inequality and trademarks of Islamism. She will highlight the reactionary concepts of gender and society in some trends among Muslim feminists as well as recent identitarian feminists, and shed a light on the worldwide rise of Islamism and the consequences for Europe.

Before the discussion: Screening of "The Liberation Movement of Iranian Women - Year Zero", a short documentary filmed by French feminists about the mass demonstrations against the introduction of forced veiling in Tehran in 1979.