Muslim women and the media in Mauritius

The veil -epitomizing the muslim women

Although there is a universalist assumption that all Muslim women are conceptualized and epitomized in relation to the veiled women ,The case of

Argument :although there is a universalist assumption that most if not all muslim women are conceptualized and epitomized in relation to the veiled women ,it can be constested that shabniz meerun fractures this misconception while claiming to redefine her identity through the exposure of her body .

REPRESENTATION ON SHABNIZ MEERUN

EXOTIFICATIO N OF THE FEMAL BODY THROUGH THE MALE GAZE

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Prophet! Tell Thy wives and thy daughters and the women of the believers to draw their cloaks close round them (when they go abroad). That will be better, sot hat they may be recognized and not annoyed. Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful 33:59 (sura Al-Ahzab).

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Mernissi, Fatima. 1991. The Veil and the Male Elite, A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam. (English translation by Mary Jo Lakeland). USA: AddisonWesley Publishing Company.

Mernissi, Fatima. 1991. The Veil and the Male Elite, A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam. (English translation by Mary Jo Lakeland). USA: AddisonWesle Publishing Company