#cherif choubachy
Egyptian journalist Cherif Choubachy has called for veiled women to join a rally in Tahrir Square to take off their head-scarves. In comments on his Facebook page, Choubachy, who was also previously involved with UNESCO, said he intended to hold the event that would be as striking as Hoda Shaarawi's action in 1923, when she publicly removed her veil in Alexandria. Cherif Choubachy writes that "the veil was gone for more than fifty years in Egypt, and only reappeared in the…
