Firstly, she addresses a common stereotype, whether people perceive her as a Muslim terrorist or as “the poster girl for oppressed womanhood everywhere.” In the story she explains that she often gets strange looks and polite inquiries about how she likes living in Canada. Furthermore, people question why she decides to do this as a young university-educated Canadian. She defends this choice by saying it gives her freedom; she explains it as, “freedom from constant attention to my physical self.” Through her personal choices and experiences she critiques Western standards of beauty as a form of oppression. Mustafa talks about the fact that “from a young age woman are taught their worth is relative to their attractiveness and that those who reject this face ridicule for their personal choices. “She defends wearing a hijab by talking about equality. Mustafa concludes, for woman to obtain true equality they need not to display themselves and need not to defend their decisions to cover their
Firstly, she addresses a common stereotype, whether people perceive her as a Muslim terrorist or as “the poster girl for oppressed womanhood everywhere.” In the story she explains that she often gets strange looks and polite inquiries about how she likes living in Canada. Furthermore, people question why she decides to do this as a young university-educated Canadian. She defends this choice by saying it gives her freedom; she explains it as, “freedom from constant attention to my physical self.” Through her personal choices and experiences she critiques Western standards of beauty as a form of oppression. Mustafa talks about the fact that “from a young age woman are taught their worth is relative to their attractiveness and that those who reject this face ridicule for their personal choices. “She defends wearing a hijab by talking about equality. Mustafa concludes, for woman to obtain true equality they need not to display themselves and need not to defend their decisions to cover their