How old were you when you started wearing the headscarf/hijab?
I
wore the headscarf from the age of 13.
What made you want to wear the headscarf/hijab?
I
was living in Dubai at that time and I was attending an Islamic school (School
of Creative Science). We wore a navy abaya and a navy hijab, which was the
uniform. So it was mandatory to wear the hijab to school everyday. Seeing all
these girls wearing it, it motivated me into wearing it too. When we would go
out to the malls I felt left out because they were all wearing the scarf,
except me. At that time I was very religious, I would walk to the mosque and
pray there, I would memories the Holy Quran and teach little children every
Fridays about Islam and translated some of the shorter verses from the Quran.
Having been so close to God, I wanted to wear the scarf to keep me from
following my religion, making God proud and my parents too. And of course it
made me happy & proud to do something so big for the sake of that day where
I’ll be questioned on my life back on earth.
Do you think the Hijab changed you? Do you believe that it
helped you growing up?
Wearing
the hijab turned me into a better person because wearing it is my way of
showing the people around me that I’m a Muslim. I had to play the role of a
true Muslimah by my clothing, my actions, my personality and the way I spoke.
Hijab has certainly helped me grow up to become the person I am today, it has
always reminded me of my religion and my God when I’m lost.
How did your parents feel about you wearing the headscarf/hijab?
My
parents supported me all the way they never pressured me into wearing it.
Instead they were waiting for me to truly want to wear the hijab. When I moved
to Kurdistan, my religion faded year by year I moved to a mixed school
surrounded by people who didn’t have much faith as my classmates in Dubai. I
got influenced in Kurdistan, it wasn’t easy for me to stick to my religion with
so many people who lacked that relationship with God. My parents knew how hard
is was for me to be in this new atmosphere so they never pressured me to wear
the scarf permanently they didn’t want me to feel like I was being pressured by
God and by them. I still wore my hijab outside the house. I stuck to my scarf
even though certain people pressured me. There was a time when my hijab was
pulled from my head I have never told anyone except my family, but I want
people to know my story. My parents allowed me to take my scarf off in some
events because the people there weren’t as religious and I was being bullied of
what was on my head, and also because I was still young. I love my parents, I
love them so much for letting me do as I wished, not forcing me to keep my
hijab on when it was so hard to do so. Because of that I am who I am today, I
can now proudly say that I am a true mu7ajaba, a true Muslimah who prays and
sits daily to speak to God to ask for his forgiveness and to thank him for his
blessings.
Are you proud of your hijab?
I
am very proud of my hijab, I am very proud that I stayed strong and didn’t take
off my hijab permenently growing up in a society which took me away from my
religion and away from God due to my instability of being a teenager. I am now
proud to look at myself in the mirror and finally see a strong independent
Muslim girl, who could never think of taking her hijab off, a girl who brings
happiness to people’s lives, a girl who does so much for people without them
knowing. My life now is just between me and my God. My goal is to make him
proud in order to go to heaven (inshalla with all of you reading this) and to
make my parents and brother proud of me because if they’re proud then my life
is complete.
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