Ramadan 2010, Tanzania by IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation/TURKEY on Flickr.
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(Source: writteninmysoul, via movingatthespeedof-life)
Stories From The Boy Fishing On The Moon: The Beauty of a Muslimah →
You look but can’t see so you listen and hear
For her hijab sets you away so she will only vaguely appear
but just near enough to hear, to see beauty that make minds tear
And not just from mere, physical beauty, but from her lack of fear
to show her inner beauty and not only what many men hold…
a hijabi gracing the streets of Addis :)
So… here’s a quiet little confession. I’m a 19 yo Australian girl who is cultured, well educated and financially and physically independent. I am not religious and have no immediate plans to be. I’m agnostic and therefore do not know if there is a God(s) or not but openly respect other religions and cultures and encourage others to educate themselves. With all this said and done… I find women who dress in hijab (particularly Gulf Arabs) intimidating. Not just because it is visually and culturally confronting from a modern Western point of view but because the more and more I think about the women behind the veil, the more I ask myself who they really are. To me, these women represent a hidden world in which I am unwelcome. They represent a society I do not understand and could never adapt to, not merely out of habit or conscience, but a physical inability to link my identity with their own. I consider myself powerful and beautiful in my own country and my own world but if circumstances were different and I had been born into theirs I feel I would have been left a lamb to the slaughter. They seem terribly beautiful and powerful in their own right and therefore, the concept of a woman in full hijab intimidates the shy, naive girl inside me who does not understand the world of men the way these women must in order to tame their own lives. To me, these women aren’t necessarily oppressed; they are often far more powerful, beautiful and accomplished than their Western counterparts and that’s the most intimidating thing about them.
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Work by Denise Maroney, more on Mashallah News
“Stereotype” Collection by Sounds.Butter
Description: “Following investigations into the common misconceptions of minority groups, I decided to look into ways of integrating Muslim women into today’s society. I felt this was a relevant, contemporary issue in the light of current affairs. As a particularly prominent feature of Islamic women, and in part a cause for their alienation in the West, I decided to focus on ways of adapting their dress whilst respecting their religious codes. I created a range of Burkha’s which have been adapted to help facilitate Muslim women’s participation in certain activities where traditional dress may otherwise hinder them.”
Celebrating and embracing the beauty and diversity of the hijabi in art, history, and quotidian life.
