VEILED: PERSPECTIVES
Ifrah had always wanted to wear hijab growing up and it wasn’t until half-way
through her highschool career that she decided to start. Escaping her tendency to
overthink ideas, one day she drew a scarf over her hair and went to school. Her parents never pushed her into wearing hijab and insisted she wait until she felt comfortable prior to engaging in the practise. It was entirely between herself, her ideals, and
her relationship to God that reinforced her final decision to not hold off any longer
as it was a choice that made her happy and she found herself at a good time in her
life to start. Since then, she has worn the veil routinely.
“Funny thing is, none of my friends
said ‘hi’ to me for a while because
they didn’t recognize me. I did not
tell anyone about it because they
didn’t need to know; it’s between me
and my religion. It’s not a choice
that will be affecting anybody else.”
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