By Marhaba Rashid … She is a mystery The one veiled in plain garments Who never lets their gaze trespass A strange figure she is, they say, A remnant of a medieval past. How unfathomable for a modern age That she wears backwardness for her coronet Whispers get louder, curious eyes stare It’s an abhorrent, […]
By Abdul Hadi Haleemah Is that the creedThat your hearts accede?Scurvy proverbs from your sayingsAgainst my religious obligationHijab is but a piece of clothWorn to make a worth. And do you think it bars me frommirth making momentsOr fostering favours for fashion?Nay! You prate!I choose this independence. It’s that with which I am adornedAnd modesty […]
Sixteen-year-old and 11th grader Amal makes the decision to start wearing the hijab full-time and everyone has a reaction. Her parents, her teachers, her friends, people on the street. But she stands by her decision to embrace her faith and all that it is, even if it does make her a little different from […]
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