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So Many Silenced, So Many Unnamed
Ezekiel 16.38-42 38 And I will judge thee, as women that
break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and
jealousy. |
39 And I will also give thee into their hand, and they
shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places:
they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and
leave thee naked and bare.
40 They shall also bring up a company against thee, and
they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.
41 And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and
execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee
to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.
42 So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my
jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more
angry.
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Lalla Essaydi
“By reclaiming the rich tradition of calligraphy and
interweaving it with the traditionally female art of henna, I have been able to
express, and yet, in another sense, dissolve the contradictions I have
encountered in my culture: between hierarchy and fluidity, between public and
private space, between the richness and the confining aspects of Islamic
traditions.”
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