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Modesty is not an artist’s job

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 […]