When the driver arrived at her building, he reached around and grabbed her leg. The teacher punched him, jumped out of the cab and ran into her building.
A few had had their students proposition them. One said she was followed while out jogging β a driver cruised beside her and grabbed her ass. Sexual repression and frustration are palpable in Kurdistan.
In this mostly traditional Islamic society there is no dating except between engaged couples, and engagements and marriages are still generally arranged by families.
Young Muslim women are the preserve of their families, especially their fathers and brothers, who restrict them from going out and approve any match before it can begin. Most women here wear the shawl, or hijab, but not the full burqa or niqab, which leave women peering through a slit.
Apparently the hijab symbolizes modesty, privacy and morality. In class the women who wear it are more likely to be modest and reserved, but their morality is questionable.
