Infibulation
Musulmanes
Female Genitalia
Customs & Traditions
Female
Cultural Anthropology
Muslim women
Ethnicity
Mœurs et coutumes
Culture
Social change
Ethnology
Islam
Surgery
Manners and customs
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Women
Social life and customs
Infibulation is the most extreme form of female circumcision. It plays an important role in the Islamic societies of northeastern Africa. Until now, the social significance and function of this practice has been poorly understood. This has been no less true of Western commentators who have condemned…
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