# Muslim womans veil snatched

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslim-womans-veil-snatched/375596>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 7, 2006, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslim-womans-veil-snatched/375596 "2006-10-07T08:57:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslim-womans-veil-snatched/375596/41 "2006-10-09T17:26:10Z")

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Do nurses in the middle east wear the Burkhas. Would it be snitary or is that exempted.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslim-womans-veil-snatched/375596/42 "2006-10-09T17:59:33Z")

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[QUOTE=gonzomax]  
Do nurses in the middle east wear the Burkhas. Would it be snitary or is that exempted.  
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Aren’t you making an assumption that women are employed as nurses?

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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslim-womans-veil-snatched/375596/43 "2006-10-09T18:16:26Z")

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[QUOTE=tomndebb]  
Aren’t you making an assumption that women are employed as nurses?  
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Saudi Arabia allows women to work as doctors and nurses. Mainly to provide medical care to female patients. They’re marginally better than the Taliban.

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**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muslim-womans-veil-snatched/375596/44 "2006-10-10T19:33:01Z")

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So did Iraq before we fixed it. Most women in Iraq wore western clothes and were over 50% of the college students and professionals before our fixing them. I just dont know what they wore in hospitals or labs.

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