Photograph by Christoph Bangert for the New York Times, 6 June 2009
CAPTION: BEFORE AND AFTER Riam Salaam Sabri, 16, wore more conservative clothing while security in Baghdad was poor, but now she feels safe in Western clothes.
Also, the "before American invasion" and "after American invasion" photographs accompanying this article about "What Not to Wear, Baghdad-Style" make especially relevant the arguments Minoo Moallem forwards about the political claims invested and invoked through clothing the civic body (which I discuss briefly here in an entry about the ubiquitous image of the Iranian woman in the loose headscarf during the Iranian election season).
