On this episode of our podcast we will be discussing the WOMAN’s perspective of hijab. An outlook you will never get from a man. Which is why we believe men shouldn’t have an opinion about hijab. They should simply listen.
Hijab is a journey but we would be lying if we said it didn’t have its difficulties. Often times putting on the hijab means signing an unspoken contract for a set of expectations that are unrealistic for almost every person. It means being put on a pedestal much higher than a woman who doesn’t wear hijab... and miles higher than any man.
Our hosts, Dua and Afroze, both bring their outlook on hijab to the table. Afroze is a hijab wearing woman, she wears hijab to the office, to the grocery store and yes, even in swimming pools. Dua is just as much of a devout Muslim as Afoze who does not wear hijab but grapples with it. Just as there is a certain amount of mental strength in putting on hijab... believe it or not, there’s also a mental strength required in taking it off. Neither are easy decisions for a woman.
We discuss the in-between limbo that many hijab wearing women feel where they’re too afraid of social backlash from their own communities in taking it off, in which they begin to feel disingenuous to themselves because they start to feel that they’re wearing it for the public. We discuss the burden of the pedestal that Muslim society puts on hijab wearing women in which many women profess that it is often their own communities and not necessarily western society that can make hijab a heavy burden to carry. Join us as we offer a perspective from both hijabi and non-hijabi wearing women.