Re: Apologies if I've caused offence
The dictionary definition of PURDAH is 'a screen or a curtain'...it is derived from the persian language....but it has commonly come to refer to exclusion of women....seen to be for their safety from prying male eyes.
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The world will not be destroyed by evil people...
It will be destroyed by those who stand by and do Nothing.
(a paraphrase on a quote by Albert Einstein)
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