'Muslim women are tired of being misrepresented by the media so we are speaking out more and more.'
Earlier this year, British journalist and author Mariam Khan published her critically acclaimed collection of essays,, looking at the Muslim female experience across faith, feminism, sexuality and race. Tired of hearing about Muslim women from people who were neither Muslim, nor female, Mariam, like Ugbad Abdi, is determined to use her voice to dispel the myths surrounding the Muslim female experience and in doing so educate people on what it really means to be a Muslim women today.
I started to commit to wearing my hijab at the age of 14, it was a choice that I made because I wanted to feel closer to Allah and like you I look up to my mother, who’s been my role model. Growing up, I wanted to be like her, I wanted to look like her and dress like her, so I did. I think nearly all young girls want to be like their mothers and there is a strength in me because of that.
Growing up there was nobody who made me feel like they represented me either. Thankfully I too had my mother, and in her I could see everyday a hijabi Muslim woman who was brave, courageous, who would call out shit and had integrity and because I could see that, I could be that. I mean, the first time I read a book with a Muslim hijabi South Asian woman in it, I was 22 and now I’m 26!
Do you think the younger generation of Muslim women care more about representation than the generations before us? The most common stereotype I’ve faced is people thinking that I’ve been forced to wear my hijab by my family or by my faith. The main stereotype around Muslim women is that we are oppressed – but I tell people that actually my hijab is my choice and that I wear my hijab for me and my faith.There are so many women who have encouraged me to be where I am now. Bethann Hardison, who has worked so hard for Black women to be in the fashion industry.
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