Title	Middle East or South Asia market place viewed from inside the net of a burqa, photograph by Jean Shifrin, 1992.
Identifier	AJCPov01-032FA
Date of original	1992
Decade	1990s
Creator	Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Contributors	Shifrin, Jean
Description	From a series of 33 photographs taken by Jean Shifrin in the Middle East and South Asia titled "Women of the Veil" published in a 12-page spread in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on June 28, 1992. Several of the prints are inscribed on verso: "c1992 Jean Shifrin/AJC." One print is date-stamped "Sat Jun 27 1992 J C" and "Sun Jun 28 1992 J C." One print has a newspaper assignment sheet attached to the print verso (AJCPov01-32FR): "A woman wearing a hejab, a traditional Islamic uniform (?) sits on a bench near Sultan Ahmet, or the Blue Mosque, in Istanbul." A newspaper caption is attached to the assignment sheet: "Many Muslims say the stereotype that Islam denigrates women simply isn't true, that it confuses faith and socio-historical conditions." Caption date-stamped "Sun Jul 5 1992 J C."
Subject	Muslim women--Arab countries Muslim women--Clothing Burqas (Islamic clothing)
Location depicted	Arab countries
Collection	Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archive
Curatorial area	Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archive
Digital publisher	Georgia State University Library
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Citation	AJCPov01-032FA, Atlanta Journal Constitution Photographic Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.
Source format	color photographs
Format	image/tiff
Type	Image