THE TWIN EVILS OF THE VEIL

Ghaiss Jasser: ''The Twin Evils of the Veil''. Two types of exclusion weigh on the high school students who wear the veil : One isolates the m as women; the other forbids them access to public education As a res ult, the right approach in my opinion, would be to counteract both typ es of exclusion by opposing feminist struggle to fundamentalist activi sm and xenophobia, which tend to stifle dialogue by compartmentalizing the various cultures.