All burkas! All the time! The Islamic Spring is on the air!
CAIRO (AP) --
The only visible female face in the Cairo-based studio of a new Islamic
TV channel for women is that of a puppet.
The human stars are all
veiled from head to toe, with only their eyes showing.
Maria
TV is run primarily by women. They operate cameras, present shows and
interview female guests ranging from doctors to students of Islamic
theology.
But they cannot show their faces during the broadcasts, and no
men are allowed on air during the female programming, not even for
phone-ins.
Shrouded in long flowing black
robes and scarves known as niqabs, with black gloves to match - the
women are distinguishable only by their voices and the slits for their
eyes.
The channel, which was launched on
Saturday to coincide with the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan,
is the brainchild of Ahmed Abdallah as part of a broader effort to
expand his religious pan-Arab satellite station Ummah TV.
I wonder who's doing her hair and makeup. Just asking.
ReplyDeleteSince 94% to 97% of all communication is NON-VERBAL, what's the point here? What kind of lasting information can a black blob of cloth offer, given their only chance to make it stick is less than 6% ?
ReplyDeleteThe ladies should learn some basic psychology 101 before wasting their efforts. You know darn well that if the tarps were removed from those lovely women that every word they speak would be remembered. And isn't this the point of television? To relay info that can be remembered? Sheesh.