Shanfaraa, an Egyptian-American blogger who is also a professor of law, agrees with Eltahawy that the niqaab is not a religious requirement, and states that, like her, he rejects the theology that forces women to wear it, but nevertheless disagrees with her stance, explaining: Mona seems to believe that once a person falls into the grasp of Wahhabi-Salafi theology, they can never escape, but in fact, Mona herself is the best evidence repudiating that view.
شنفرا مدونة مصرية أمريكية وأستاذة قانون تتفق مع منى في أن النقاب ليس فرضاً وأنها مثلها ترفض هذا الفهم الديني الذي يفرض على المرأة ارتداء النقاب، ولكنها تختلف معها رغم هذا وتقول موضحة: