Posted on 10/13/2014 7:24:39 PM PDT by OddLane
The hijab is hot!
That’s the message two Upper West Side artists want to spread by encouraging women around the city to put on the veil and snap a selfie.
“Women who wear a hijab by choice are in complete control of their sexuality,” says Saks Afridi, who started the #DamnILookGood campaign with project partner Qinza Najm. “Here in New York, it’s very brave for a woman to wear one out in public.”
The artists use the term “hijab” to refer to the dress code of modesty for Muslim women. The actual face covering they use in the project is known as a "niqab."
Najm had started wearing a hijab around New York City as an experiment, just to see what it would be like. Though she was raised in Pakistan, she and her family members do not wear the traditional head covering worn by some Muslim women. But one day she put on a hijab in her Lower East Side art studio and went for a walk around the neighborhood.
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Southern men agree wholeheartedly.
It is obscene to make light of the suffering of Muslim women.
Women will so be “very brave” not wear one if they don’t want acid thrown in their face (like in most islamic countries)
which so called fashion designer will be the first to go Whole Hog.....Sharia Compliant Trendy....offering a collection,...of high priced hijabs to the “cultural elite”...?
These idiots have absolutely know idea of the oppression of women in Muslim countries.
Our youth are so vulnerable to news outlets manipulation. Media says the hijab is hot? Many young girls will see this as encouragement to wear one. We really need to take our country back!
islamist facilitators.
What do you think would have happened if a bunch of mindless crazies during WWII in the West started spouting the benefits of nazism, or the wonders of State shinto?
Islamofascism. The new “next big thing” hits America!
Stone them.
They call it a niqab, I call em body bags...
Over my dead and headless body.
How can any sane person declare that wearing a potato sack that doesn't even allow the wearer decent peripheral vision is "cool"? You know, I wonder if there is an increase in pedestrian deaths of burka-clad women because they can't see where they're going very well.
Islamic brainwashing.
“You know, I wonder if there is an increase in pedestrian deaths of burka-clad women because they can’t see where they’re going very well.”
Clearly, not enough of an increase.
Next step would be to try living without a clit. You know, diversity is a strength! :)
I’s like to see Saks Afridi take a selfie with the Hijab.
Burqas do it so much better.
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