Fashion As Text: An Analysis of Modern Islamic Fashion in Egypt
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ISOBEL RYAN
Fashion As Text:
An Analysis of Modern Islamic Fashion in Egypt
In feminist discussions there is perhaps a tendency to depict women as the passive
bearers of ethnic, religious and national symbols.1 Muslim women in particular may
be perceived as evidence of womens subordinate role within ethnicity, religion and
nationalism. However, my research in Egypt suggests a much more complex
relationship between women, their clothes and their place in Islamic society. There is
something very interesting happening in Egypt amongst young veiled women. A new
fashion is developing which is being worn by both middle class and upper working
class women. I will be looking at this fashion in this paper and I will refer to it as
modern Islamic fashion.2
Choosing to be veiled, and for most middle class women at least it is a choice,
does not necessarily mean that women forsake fashion and stop taking pride in their
appearance. Some Egyptian women choose to dress in Western fashion, but a large
majority choose to wear modern Islamic fashion. The choice in Egypt is very often
between what is perceived as Western and what is perceived as Eastern.
"Westernised" Egyptians usually speak fluent English having gone to British or
American schools in Egypt and universities such as the American University in Cairo
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