January 3, 2003

Kuwaiti Universities Return to Separating Men and Women

By DANIEL DEL CASTILLO

Some female academics fear the segregation is a first step to removing them from public life

The soaring main hall of the cafeteria at Kuwait University could, at first glance, be typical of many college campuses around the world, with its Starbucks counter and McDonald's restaurant. But this year, the university built a thick wall that cleaves the cafeteria in two, with women in gauzy black hijabs and veils on one side, and men in their bleached white designer dishdashas on the

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