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SHROUDED IRANIAN WOMANHOOD |
MODESTY GROTESQUELY MASKED |
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| They glide about like spectres rather than human beings, imparting an impression of mystery and subtle elusiveness to the unvarying commonplace of Persian street life | Her yashmak, with its hawk-like nosepiece, peculiar to Oman, gives an odd Mephistophelean touch to the appearance of this tight-trousered toe-ringed woman of Muscat |