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326 Journal of the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies Núm. 11 / 2018 http://revista.ieee.es Name18 Age Country of origin Place of residence Level of education Occupation Method of contact Marital status Souad 35 Morocco Barcelona Nursing assistant Housewife Facebook Married Meryem/ María 39 Spain Madrid BA in Journalism Housewife Facebook Single Farida 23 Morocco Salou Baccalaureate Housewife Facebook Single Ratsida 21 Morocco La Rioja Baccalaureate Unemployed Facebook Single Fatiha 26 Morocco Granada Beautician (Vocational Training) Housewife Facebook Single Naima 31 Morocco Jaén Primary education Housewife Facebook Single Firdaus 27 Morocco Berja Secondary education Housewife Snowball Married Samira 31 Morocco El Ejido Baccalaureate Housewife Snowball Married Ikram 29 Morocco Campo Hermoso Secondary education Housewife Snowball Married Fadila 20 Morocco Campo Hermoso Secondary education Housewife Snowball Married Karima 19 Morocco Las Norias Baccalaureate Unemployed Snowball Married Zyneb 32 Morocco Las Norias Secondary education Housewife Snowball Married Table I: some characteristics of the niqabi women studied The research technique used was the semi-structured interview. The duration of the interviews ranged from one hour to one and a half hours. The interviews were conducted in Spanish and then transcribed and coded using the Nudist NVivo software programme. This software allowed us to select the texts that refer to a series of «nodes» in the interview script. With regard to the interview script and the part of the script analysed in this paper, we would like to point out that it is subdivided into four large blocks structured according to our hypothesis and methodology: (1) the meaning of the niqab, (2) the religious dimension of the niqab, (3) the political dimension of the niqab and (4) the religious/theoretical bases underlying the use of the niqab.18 We would like to point out that, in general, it was difficult to obtain access to these women and that, after significant frustrated attempts and difficulties with the language, meeting spaces and times, etc., and we were eventually able to successfully conduct twelve in-depth interviews. The interviews were conducted in two ways: via the Internet and face-to-face. The face-to-face interviews were conducted in different geographical areas of Almería province (Berja, Campo Hermoso, El Ejido and Las Norias). The Internet interviewees (via Skype) were contacted through various Islam- 18  At the request of the interviewees, the names have been changed to protect their identity. All tables prepared by the authors.


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