there isn't a single veil that is a misconception. at the turn of the century nearly every rural community had its folkloric head dress and in rural communities there was no separation of the sexes because of the shallow division of labour. the present veil is the urban veil. if you look at egyptian films and egyptian society up 1990 you will see that the veil was almost non existent in the cities. the present, 1900 onwards, veil is homogeneous social symbol. the type and the shape of it indicate political allegiance.
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