# The Veil And The Male Elite

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- Book: [The Veil And The Male Elite](https://www.bookquiver.com/fatema-mernissi/the-veil-and-the-male-elite) ([The Veil And The Male Elite.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/fatema-mernissi/the-veil-and-the-male-elite.md))
- Authors: [Fatima Mernissi](https://www.bookquiver.com/fatema-mernissi)
- Publisher: basic_books
- ISBN: 978-02-0163-221-7
- Pages: 1
- Published: 1992-12-21
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Convinced that the veil is a symbol of unjust male authority over women, in The Veil and the Male Elite , Moroccan feminist Fatima Mernissi aims to investigate the origins of the practice in the first Islamic community.