Author: Nadine Wojcik

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Beneath the scarves: Muslim women who cover their heads are not marionettes of their beliefs, says video artist Nilbar Gures. Four still images shown here are taken from her 2006 performance, "Soyunma/Undressing", in which she unravels one veil after the other while mumbling the names of the women in her family

Berlin′s Jewish Museum: ″Cherchez la femme″

Why do women hide their hair?

Muslims, Jews, Christians: women all over the world cover their heads out of religious piety. An exhibition at Berlin's Jewish Museum asks what motivates them – and how others respond. By Nadine WojcikMore

Women's dress code in Islam: No compulsion to wear the headscarfInterview with Fereshta Ludin: "The decision for or against the headscarf is wholly a matter for the woman herself"Book review: Emel Zeynelabidin's "You grow up only in this life": The headscarf is not a gauge of devoutness