Veiled Intentions: Don T Judge A Muslim Girl By Her Covering?

I traveled to the United States From Somalia when I was four years old, and now I am eighteen years old, so it’s been fourteen years that I have lived in the United States. The reason why we came to America is to have more opportunity and the right to express our opinions. There was a time when my sisters were at a apparel store when a white man comes behind her and pulls off her hijab and said "this is not allowed in our country" and threw in the trash,there have been a set of changes since 9/11 happened in America, especially on Muslim women because of their hijab, as there has been a lot of discrimination, hatred against Muslim women who also are racially profiled because of what religion they believe in. The story “Veiled Intentions: Don’t Judge a Muslim young woman by her covering” By Maysan Haydar is trying to convey the importance of not judging anyone because of the certain coverings they have or what religion they believe in. …show more content…
She begins the story clarifying why she initially started wearing the hijab, however, goes ahead to clarify that it now implies a great deal more to her than getting a tabletop game. Haydar wears the hijab because she opts to wear it, not on the grounds that she is compelled to like many individuals think. She feels as though it provides her with more private connections since she realizes that individuals aren 't conversing with her in light of the way she looks, but because of her identity. Haydar begins the narrative with this quote,“ And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what ordinarily appears thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty”—The Quran, Chapter 24, Verses