In my contribution to this book I question Western ideas, gaze regimes and stereotypes on the basis of my experiences with female veiling, as I experienced it in connection with the contributory work in Yemen and subsequently examined it in Germany. The volume contains texts by Karin Hostettler und Sophie Vögele, Patricia Baquero Torres und Frauke Meyer, Franziska Schutzbach, Kristiane Gerhardt, Martina Tißberger, Angelika Böck, Ladina Fessler, Karin Hostettler, Gabriele Dietze, Franziska Dübgen and Andrea Maihofer.