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Patriarchy in South Asia
![Zahra Joya on the Resilience of Afghanistan’s Women in the Face of Patriarchy and Pressure Zahra Joya on the Resilience of Afghanistan’s Women in the Face of Patriarchy and Pressure](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-06-07-193620.jpg)
Zahra Joya on the Resilience of Afghanistan’s Women in the Face of Patriarchy and Pressure
By Catherine Putz
Even before the Taliban takeover, Afghanistan's media landscape was largely male-dominated; women's stories were either underreported or misrepresented. So Joya founded Rukhshana Media.
![Is Hijab-Wearing Alien or Indigenous to South Asian Culture? Is Hijab-Wearing Alien or Indigenous to South Asian Culture?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-02-08-113956.jpg)
Is Hijab-Wearing Alien or Indigenous to South Asian Culture?
By Shafi Md Mostofa
The rising influence of Saudi Arabia’s puritanical Wahabi version of Islam is an important reason for a growing number of South Asian Muslim women wearing the headscarf.
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