å Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017

Lila Abulughod argues that discussion on humanitarianism concerned with or seeking to promote human welfare and human rights in the 21st century rely in some way on constructions of Muslim women. The building of  veiled women  was forced upon the Muslim women.  Many saw this veiling as a symbol of freedom.  The veil were suppose to protect these women from being harasses by men, the veil was a symbol signaling to men that women who wore the veil came from a home that could never be dishonored. The burqa or this veil also represented women as modest and respectable.  The veil was a reflection of women  being associated with family and home.   Women who wear this veil also showed that a sense of belonging to a certain community .   This desire for freedom and liberation, there were many feminists that felt like they needed to save afgan women from the Taliban , so that they can have enough rights of having enough to eat, having homes for their families in where they can live and thrive, having ways to make decent livings so that they children can grow in a  decent community.   ” What does freedom mean if we accept the fundamental premise that humans are social beings, always raised in certain social and historical contexts and belonging to particular communities that shape their desires and understanding of the world ? (pg.786) Based on the  constructions of Muslim women , ” could we not leave veils and vocations of saving others behind and instead train our  sights on ways to make the world a more just place? (Lughod 798)  veiled Muslim women came off as being oppressed by the people who made them wear these veils this can be compared to the other parts in the world, we are part of tat world that can be oppressed.  Like the article states ” we do not stand outside the world looking out over this sea of poor benighted people , living under the shadow or veil or oppressive cultures, we are part of that world. (Lughod 789)  This part  is saying that we may not need to be wearing a veil or burqua to see that we ae being oppressed, by other things that are going on in our communities .  ” A more productive approach, it seems to me , is to ask how we might contribute to making the world a more just place.” ( Lughod 789)