Fawwaz (1860-1914),
             Aisha al-Taymuriah (1840-1902), and Murqus Fahmi's (a Coptic lawyer)
             four act play "Al Mar'ah fi al-Sharq" or (The Woman in the East) (Badran P.
             19). Yet, Amin's book double-scored for coming from a Muslim judge and
             for his overt proposal to unveiling women's faces. His words were not the
             only challenge to the existing notions of the hijab, it was his caliber as a
             Moslim judge that has vocalized his call to unveil women and gave his book
             After an introduction loaded with emotional phrases on the degradation of the
             Egyptian woman and an exaltation of the European woman, the book is
             divided into four sections: "Educating women", "Women's veil", "The
             woman and the nation", and "Marriage and divorce".
             Amin starts his argument calling for the "Hijab Shara'ei" stating that the
             Hijab in its form then (covering the face, the hair and the whole body) was
             not mandated by the Shari'aa. He further adds that he was not calling for the
             "extreme" of the West which "makes the woman liable to seduction" (Amin
             P. 65). The argument against the veil is in two sections: The religious section
             which is mainly text interpretation and some Hadith that prompt women to
             cover the hair and the whole body except for the hands and the face; and the
             "social" (practical everyday life) perspective. The later section includes
             "social" ideas such as the inconvenience for women with their faces covered
             to dwell in business, to testify in courts or to get engaged (as the groom
             should see her face first). Furthermore, he argues that unveiling would make
             women watch their behaviors as they could be recognized and hence their
             reputation would be at stake if they did any wrong. Still, from the practical
             "social" point of view, the flimsy bourqo' (face cover) used was more
             tempting as it makes the viewer curious to see what was intended to be
             hidden. He further argues that, if women are imprisoned in the ...