Egypt recently launced a new satellite news channel where all staffs are women covered with veil including those behind the camera, men are banned from watching the station and also phone-ins..
The TV station shot its first broadcast last friday,though Egypt was already a conservative Muslim society, women covering their face with veil complained of being routinely discriminated against for jobs, especially on TV, as well as in education.
El-Sheikha Safaa Refai who heads the TV station said that she hoped that by appearing on TV in full Islamic dress, she could show people ‘that there are successful women wearing iqab’.(veil).
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