Yemeni women burn veils to protest regime Sanaa
“Yemeni women burn veils to protest regime”
Sanaa, Yemen - Yemeni women defiantly burned their traditional veils Wednesday in protest of President Ali Abdullah Saleh's brutal crackdown on anti-government demonstrations. They collected their veils and scarves in a huge pile and set it ablaze - an act that is highly symbolic in the conservative Islamic nation, where women use their veils to cover their faces and bodies. It's the first time in the nine months of Yemen's uprising that such an event has occurred. More than 60 women were attacked in October alone by the government. Government forces are raiding homes and also killing children.
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