"Just as some women feel strong and
confident showing a little skin, veiled Muslim women feel strong and confident
covering their skin—and there is nothing wrong with either. The West may see
oppression in Muslim women covering their bodies at the will of a male-dominated
society in the same way Muslim women may see oppression in the objectification
of Western women's bodies at the hands of a male-dominated society. I am a
veiled, Muslim-American woman, and I am also a feminist. The two concepts are
not mutually exclusive."