Veiling and Failing

Why is compulsory hijab so objectionable in Iran, but a far more extreme form of it, plus a great deal worse for women, is acceptable in Saudi Arabia, and therefore to be imposed on Syria by our own bombs?

Having been born in what is now Yemen, if Eddie Izzard were to turn up in any of those countries, then he would know that he was not a woman, as surely as, say, Liz Truss would know that she was.