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Assignment #11

In her essay, “Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving,” Lila Abu-Lughod argues that discourses on humanitarianism and human rights in the 21st century rely in some way on constructions of Muslim women. When we talk about Muslim women, the first thing came up on our mind might be: They wear the veil or the burqa. This may consider a sign for Muslim women. It is common popular knowledge that the ultimate sign of the oppression of Afghan women under the Taliban and the terrorists is that they were forced to wear the burqa. The burqa covered from their heads to toes, the cover may symbolized the restrict behaviors, they didn’t get the equally rights and respect compare with men or other women.

The save of Muslim women also included to help Muslim women to take off the burqa. For them, burqa was such as a sign of the oppression they got under the Taliban and the terrorists. So, take off the bueqa for some Muslim women may represent the fully liberated for Taliban.

But wear the burqa may not just consider the sign of oppression, for some Muslim people, it may also consider a way to for them to represent the culture and religion.