Sherifa Zuhur is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1. New Images or Continuous Archetypes? 2. The Process of Listening 3. Her Story: Archetypes and Arguments of Middle Eastern Women 4. Studies of Self-Image 5. Construction of the Virtuous Woman 6. Unveiled Women Reply 7. Dreaming the Myth, and Veiling It APPENDIX A APPENDIX B NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

"It provides an important look at the very contemporary phenomenon of veiling in Egypt through the first-hand reports of the women whom Zuhur has interviewed. Her subjects come across as real people and their discussion in relation to the various questions asked provide quite compelling views of the reason why they favor—and oppose—veiling." — Jane I. Smith, Iliff School of Theology"In order to come up with the meaning of veiling and unveiling in contemporary Egypt, this book combines discussion of archetypal figures in the history of Muslim womanhood with self-perception, discussion on femininity, and what it is to be religious." — Valerie Hoffman-Ladd, University of Illinois at Urbana