I am Just Doing my Bit to Promote Modesty: Niqabis' self-portraits on photo-sharing websites

In this article, I discuss the main arguments that deal with mainstream media representations of niqabis in the West. In distinguishing between such representations of niqabis and their self-representations distributed online on photo-sharing sites, it is my purpose to highlight the entirely different visual rhetoric that emerges from the latter by pointing to various aspects of the self-portraits. After giving an overview of the literature that discusses the niqab, and indicating that niqabis' voices have been entirely neglected, I analyze several self-portraits of two niqabis located online in reference to a theoretical framework offered by Kati Caetano who has traced established ways of representing Muslim women in journalistic photography. Finally, I argue that niqabis disrupt the normalized associations of the niqab with passivity, otherness, and violence by establishing intimacy with the audience.     

Ageing in Society: European Perspectives on Gerontology (3rd Edition), edited by John Bond,Sheila Peace,Freya Dittman-Kohli,and Gerben Westerhof

This study explored the meaning of the experiences of community-dwelling postmenopausal women who were born and grew up in a Muslim country when drawing a picture about their lived experiences of urinary incontinence. Hermeneutic phenomenology underpinned the study’s interpretive research approach. In-depth, semistructured interviews were conducted in two sessions with nine postmenopausal women. The participants were asked to draw a picture about their lived experiences of urinary incontinence in a self-portrait. Three themes emerged to illuminate the meaning of urinary incontinence, including “disruption of normal functioning,” “self-imposed restrictions,” and “feeling of despair.” Discussion of these themes was presented, and practice and research implications were suggested.     

杜甫与吃饭

杜甫诗中直接和间接涉及到吃饭的诗大约有一百多首。这些诗在生动地再现当时广阔的时代画面的同时,也展示了杜甫艰难的心灵苦旅,多侧面地折射出了杜甫真实的自画像,并且对同类题材的作品也产生了巨大的影响。