Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Photo of the Day: Women in Mosul, 1902
http://www.juancole.com/2014/02/photo-women-mosul.htmlPhoto of the Day: Women in Mosul, 1902
By Juan Cole | Feb. 2, 2014
From M. E. Hume-Griffith and A. Hume, Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia: An Account of an Englishwoman’s Eight Years’ Residence Amongst the Women of the East (1909).
The authors note that these are Christian women, presumably Iraqi Chaldeans, and they alleged that Muslim women declined at that time to be photographed. Since there are many photos of Muslim women from this period, it is more likely that they declined to be photographed by British missionaries.
