Veiled Intention By Maysan Haydar Essay

might think that the right answer is for religious purposes. However, in the text Veiled Intentions: Don’t Judge a Muslim Girl by Her Covering published in 2003 by Seal Press in the book Body Outlaws: Rewriting the Rules of Beauty and Body Image, Maysan Haydar give us a different perspective of what the veil represents in her and other woman’s life beside the religious meaning. Veiling, whether is optional or not, is a controversy here in the United States. Haydar intends to bring aware to Americans who judge veiled woman, by bringing her personal experience as Muslim. Due to her type of analysis and her unformal language throughout her text, her intendent audience are primarily feminist and…

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…

Nichole Gonzalez March 7, 2018 Eng 116 Griffing Social categorization Ever since ancient times, the idea of categorizing and labeling has been present in human history. Whether it be categorizing the fittest of early dawn of the human era to the current social labels, the notion of categorization has been ingrained in humans; and it has brought humanity to its peaks of inhumanity. Much in the sense of stereotypes, grouping people and labeling them a certain label is used to validate ourselves.…

In Maysan Haydar’s text, “Veiled Intentions: Don’t Judge a Muslim Girl by Her Covering,” and “Veiled Threats?,” by Martha Nussbaum both argue that veiling is a lifestyle choice. In Haydar’s text, she argues--mainly through personal anecdote--that people should not be judged on physical appearances. She gives insight on how Muslim women are judged based on their veils, and refutes stereotypes of not only Muslim women but women in general. Haydar’s narrative--her experience growing up with Islam…