Muslim women who immigrated and grew up in the “Western World” must have previously experienced the tough conditions of living in the Middle East while they were children. The basic conditions in these territories are strictly controlled and may lead to death. Therefore, having grown up in a liberal environment in the western countries, it becomes an enigma as to why these Muslim women have the desire to return to the Islamic controlled states. There must be various things which make these Islamic controlled states attractive to Muslim women, making them decide to move and stay there despite their prior experience.
To begin with, the first symbol that I had identified was how education was perceived. Jawad explains the rarity of education for …show more content…
They believed that the emphasis of their traditional, if not stereotypical, culture would help their cause in the face of Western culture whom may have romanticized exoticism. The trade-off is, in lieu of representing an emphasized indigenous culture; the individuals who identify themselves with an indigenous group may be forced to live inauthentically if only to appease the way that others view them. Going back to Jawad’s article, while Western liberal societies might have negative connotations towards symbols of Muslim oppression such as how Muslim’s perceive the body and technology; the writer also understands why Muslim women would reject media portrayal of Islamic ‘backwardness.’ Perhaps these Muslim women felt inauthentic living in a Western community and going against everything their religious teaching tells them. By living the lifestyle they believe is most authentically Muslim, it would help further affirm or state their advocacy for being a proud
To begin with, the first symbol that I had identified was how education was perceived. Jawad explains the rarity of education for …show more content…
They believed that the emphasis of their traditional, if not stereotypical, culture would help their cause in the face of Western culture whom may have romanticized exoticism. The trade-off is, in lieu of representing an emphasized indigenous culture; the individuals who identify themselves with an indigenous group may be forced to live inauthentically if only to appease the way that others view them. Going back to Jawad’s article, while Western liberal societies might have negative connotations towards symbols of Muslim oppression such as how Muslim’s perceive the body and technology; the writer also understands why Muslim women would reject media portrayal of Islamic ‘backwardness.’ Perhaps these Muslim women felt inauthentic living in a Western community and going against everything their religious teaching tells them. By living the lifestyle they believe is most authentically Muslim, it would help further affirm or state their advocacy for being a proud