I'm here

Hi!

Just want to let you all know that I'm actually alive and well. I haven't written in a while! My life and school haven't been going as I expected, which is frustrating me but all the kinks should smooth out soon...and then I will explain what happened.

In the meantime, this is what is going on in Egypt:

the Imam of Al Azhar is calling for a ban on the niqab in Egypt and some public higher education institutions are prohibiting women who wear the niqab from entering. Thought this was interesting especially since the issues in France regarding the niqab.

Here are some links:

http://islami-news.blogspot.com/2009/10/egypt-students-decry-niqab-restrictions.html

http://islami-news.blogspot.com/2009/10/azhar-imam-orders-niqab-off-wants-ban.html