sometimes I wish I could wear a hijab...

[tsukikage]

On the first day of Ramadan in 1998, Mikati dressed in an abaya and went to the mall. “I felt more exposed than if I was naked,” she said. But whatever defensiveness she felt soon gave way to a distinctly Islamic female identity. “I avoid fashion entirely—how much more liberated and feminist can I be?”
- Rana Mikati
from "Who are the Ameican Muslims", by Adam Minter, published in the October 2005 edition of The Rake

Also, the 2nd OP to Full Moon wo Sagashite, "Rock'n Roll Princess", is terrible. I dunno... Maybe it'll grow on me.

Comments

[tiwonge.livejournal.com]

Why can't you? It's not like you go to school in France or anything, right? It's not forbidden.

[tsukikage85.livejournal.com]

I'd worry about offending actual Muslims... Since part of the reason they wear it is as an identifaction of being Muslim.

[tiwonge.livejournal.com]

That might be part, but the bigger part is for modesty. When my sister was in Bangladesh, a Muslim country, she wore burkas. She's not a Muslim. She wore burkas because of the cultural taboo on immodest dress.

They're really about modesty, and not about being a Muslim. Although being a Muslim is the reason for the modesty, I guess.

It's not like a Rosary or a crucifix or anything like that which might have religious meanings. It's more cultural than religious.

[tsukikage85.livejournal.com]

I understand that...