Question
A queen of this country who was the daughter of a progressive poet pushed for women’s education and founded this country’s first magazine for women, Ershad-I-Niswan, in 1927. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this country that was modernized under Queen Soraya Tarzi and King Amanullah Khan.
ANSWER: Afghanistan
[10e] Tarzi’s reforms also included banning clothing intended for this body part, which alienated many Afghans. The chador and hijab are articles of clothing covering this part of the body in the Islamic world.
ANSWER: head [or face; accept skull; prompt on hair with “on what part of the body?”]
[10m] Tarzi removed her veil at a 1928 loya jirga, one of the traditional assemblies held by elders of this ethnicity. These people are the majority ethnicity of Afghanistan.
ANSWER: Pashtuns [or Pakhtuns or Pathans; reject “Pashto”]
<Hari Parameswaran, History - World - Asian> ~20934~ <Editor: Jordan Brownstein>
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