Voices behind the veil: Unravelling the hijab debate in Singapore through the lived experiences of hijab-wearing Malay-Muslim women

• Main Author: WONG, George
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Healthcare; hijab; multiracialism; secularism; Singapore; Asian Studies; Race and Ethnicity
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4098; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5357/viewcontent/2017_voices_behind_the_veil_pv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This article critically examines the hijab debate in Singapore by drawing upon the lived experiences of Singaporean Malay-Muslim women whose daily lives are fraught with a constant negotiation between their identities as veiled women and the institutionalized constraints that impede their social mob...