Farah Al-Qubaisi

“Societies judge women's worthiness of safety and security based on their abidance to social norms regarding their clothing.” Women who don't commit to “modest” clothing lose “patriarchal protection”.

Through interviews with 60 women from six countries in the Middle East and North Africa (Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt and Tunisia), this study seeks to analyse and understand how prevailing social norms contribute to and perpetuate violence against women…