Solidarity for Whom? By Lina AbiRafeh, Azza Karam and Henia Dakkak Copyright 2026 © IPS - Inter Press Service --

https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/04/solidarity-for-whom/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Clean_Energy_Digital_Technologies_Are_Coming_at_a_Human_Cost_UN_Report_Warns_Pacific_Islanders_Comba The niqab is a full-body Islamic piece of clothing, worn by some women in devout Muslim communities, and which covers the whole body, leaving only a narrow slit for the eyes. French full-body veil ban, violated women’s freedom of religion, says the UN Human Rights Committee. NEW YORK, Apr 28 2026 (IPS) - The veil has been lifted—but not the one you think. Not the veil the West has spent decades weaponizing. The veil now exposed is the one that concealed Western feminism’s selective solidarity—its silence on the women it was never truly fighting for. The “othering” of women from the South West Asian and North African region. In other words: us. Copyright 2026 © IPS - Inter Press Service --