Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving?

During my freshman year, I took English 102, and throughout the entire semester we analyzed the Middle East and in particular women. I was very excited to see this article since I have a class that was centered around it. In the first paragraph of the reading, the author refers to something called a Burqa. Many people have seen muslim women in the states wearing clothing that covers their entire body. Women in the Middle East are "required" to wear a head covering called a Burqa so that no man can look upon another man's property. One of the main texts we read during my english class was A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. In his novel he depicts a young women and her struggles as a Middle Eastern women. Hosseini portrays the horrors women actually deal with daily, from beating to being raped. It is hard for me to hear as a women at the end of "Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving," that the author deems it unnecessary for the US to step in and "save" them. Yes, they are another country and another religion; however, I find it so hard to believe that other people do no find it inhumane the way the women in the Middle East are treated.