Veil or Prison?

Images of the burqa that has Europe in a political uproar.

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Afghan widows line up to receive food rations at a CARE International food distribution centre in Kabul on January 4, 2010. CARE International supports some 7,200 widows in the Afghan capital, providing them with food, educational and vocational courses assistance every month, the majority of whom lost their husbands during the civil-war era in Kabul in the years after 1992. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)

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Images of the burqa that has Europe in a political uproar.

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