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An American expat living in Astana, Kazakhstan

Tag archive for ‘Purdah’

  • Teacher Asked Not to Wear Hijab

    I wrote earlier about an apparent ban on wearing hijabs in schools. However the plot thickens. A teacher is appealing to the Prosecutor’s Office for permission to wear a headscarf. Aida Dekebaeva, a geography teacher in Taldy-Kurghan was told by the principal of the school not to wear a hijab, after the school adopted a […]