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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:2004|2004]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:Europe|Europe]]==== | |||
====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]], [[:Category:Religious|Religious]]==== | |||
====Medium: [[:Category:Public Art|Public Art]]==== | |||
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'''Artist:''' Fatima Mouajche | '''Artist:''' Fatima Mouajche | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Nursery school administrators | '''Confronting Bodies:''' Nursery school administrators | ||
'''Date of Action:''' March 2004 | |||
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'''Location:''' Samone, Italy | '''Location:''' Samone, Italy | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' A head scarf traditionally worn by Muslim women. <P> | '''Description of Artwork:''' A head scarf traditionally worn by Muslim women. <P> | ||
'''The Incident:''' A nursery school denied Fatima Mouajche--a forty-year-old Moroccan woman--an internship after she asked to wear her head scarf during class. School administrators told her that "if she works with her head scarf on, she risks scaring the children." <P> | '''The Incident:''' A nursery school denied Fatima Mouajche--a forty-year-old Moroccan woman--an internship after she asked to wear her head scarf during class. School administrators told her that "if she works with her head scarf on, she risks scaring the children." <P> | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' The issue has divided Italian politicians. The Interior Minister, Giuseppe Pisanu, disagrees with the school's decision. Members of the Northern League, a right-wing party, have praised it. The mayor of a neighboring, Ivrea, has promised to hire Ms. Mouajche for a nursery school in his town. <P> | '''Results of Incident:''' The issue has divided Italian politicians. The Interior Minister, Giuseppe Pisanu, disagrees with the school's decision. Members of the Northern League, a right-wing party, have praised it. The mayor of a neighboring, Ivrea, has promised to hire Ms. Mouajche for a nursery school in his town. <P> | ||
'''Source:''' The New York Times | '''Source:''' The New York Times | ||
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[[Category:Religious]] | [[Category:Religious]] | ||
[[Category:Public Art]] | [[Category:Public Art]] | ||
[[Category:Fatima Mouajche]] | [[Category:Fatima Mouajche]] | ||
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