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• n  a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave
• v  to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil
• v  make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

• When I explained that veiling was practices voluntarily by an increasing number of Muslim women, Westerners often offered a counterexplanation if veiling was in fact by choice .
• Historically, many designers have explored the veiling concept.
• Neither of them asked Muslim women to abandon their belief in hijab, or the custom of veiling, altogether.

• gauze
• netting
• veil
• obscure
• blot out
• obliterate
• hide

• unveil

News & Articles

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• Making a passionate plea for more civility in politics
  America, has, in my opinion, become a nation of disparate and desperate factions that through time have evolved into ever more hostile and negative ideological camps. Partisans, some rabidly so, have by their arrogance and mindless bigotries, created a social chasm that cannot be bridged by anyone who is unable, or unwilling, to reason together without their own biases veiling the issues.
  June 22, 2013 - The Olympian

Quotes

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• Azar Nafisi in Austin American-Statesman
  When Imam Khomeini first imposed edicts for veiling, women came in with such force that he had to take it backand introduce it more slowly, Nafisi said.
• Joseph Stiglitz in National Catholic Reporter
  During his time at the World Bank, Stiglitz writes, "Decisions were made on the basis of what seemed a curious blend of ideology and bad economics, dogma that sometimes seemed to be thinly veiling special interests. : Open, frank discussion was...
• Saira Khan in FrontPage magazine.com
  Saira Khan wrote in the Times that "the growing number of women veiling their faces in Britain is a sign of radicalisation:.It is an extreme practice. It is never right for a woman to hide behind a veil and shut herself off from people in the...