Stereotypes To Wear The Hijab

“What do you think when you look at me? A woman of faith? An expert? Maybe even a sister. Or oppressed, brainwashed, a terrorist. Or just an airport security line delay” True words spoken by Dalia Mogahed, a practicing Muslim woman who chose to wear the hijab. The reality is that a majority of people have had at least one of those questions or words run through their mind when coming across Muslim woman in a hijab. But, not everyone wants to keep their thoughts to themselves. Whispering things like “what is that on her head?” or “go back to your country” even though I was born and raised in America. It’s as if i’m not seen as a human being anymore because I have a scarf wrapped around my head. I don’t choose to blame anyone who thinks of the hijab in a negative way, but stop letting the media influence your thoughts. The information is out there learn more, read more, or even talk to a Muslim woman. The hijab is much deeper than a piece of cloth and the negative stereotypes associated with wearing it. A “simple piece of cloth” I wear to preserve my modesty but it’s much more than that. I can define who I am by wearing …show more content…
I just wished people wouldn’t associate the hijab with perfection. Because that assumption is far from the truth. I remember a friend I had in high school before she got to know me a lot better. Said that before meeting me she assumed that any woman who wore the hijab didn’t have much of a life or personality that they just went to school or work and came home. That they never went to the movies, amusement parks, listened to music, went to the gym, went shopping or had any favorite tv shows. She told me “I didn’t think you had much of an identity I thought your hijab was your identity, don’t you have to be perfect to wear the hijab?” I told her no you don’t have to be perfect to wear the hijab because there is no such thing as a perfect person to begin