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"...it is inappropriate for a public activist [to wear a niqab], since people want to see you. The Islamic faith does not mandate wearing a niqab; it is [just] a social tradition."

— Tawakkol Karman Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkul Karman – A Profile (2011)

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