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•	According to a survey of 190 Lebanese and 21 Kuwaiti women, the respondents perceived Arab women wearing Islamic dress as more likely to embrace traditionally Muslim social and gender relationships than their counterparts in Western attire.

•	According to a survey of 190 Lebanese and 21 Kuwaiti women, the Lebanese respondents were more Western than the Kuwaitis in dress behavior. They were much less apt to wear Hijab and more likely to wear eye makeup, lipstick, perfume, and jewelry on a daily basis. Those Lebanese who did wear Hijab preferred simple head scarves, whereas the Kuwaitis were much more prone to cover their entire body.

Zourkhaneh
Mehraneh Atashi

Iran

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The presence of women is religiously prohibited in the Zourkhaneh. Zourkhaneh is a traditional center of male sport where religion, tradition, virility and symbols of the Persian hero are all mixed. The first day I entered the Zourkhaneh with mirrors reflecting the scene all over, I suddenly found myself standing in front of some big and strong men. It was so hard to gain the trust of these extremely religious Moslems and their agreement to pose half naked in front of me and the mirror, but magic of photography helped me. I made sure to be present in each photo as a subject among the heroes.

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