Local Coverage

Kawkab Jalil and Milad Siri are two Iraqi women who feel the same way about the traditional hijab; they?d rather go without. A Washington Post article highlights Jalil, who has shed the veil since Saddam?s fall. A Rueters article focuses on Siri, who has never felt pressured into covering up ? until now, due to the post-Saddam upsurge in fundamentalism.