Hijab

Veiled Woman The allure of the scent left upon my coat when I walk away from the convenient store down the road. Tugging onto my mother’s scarf in attempt to hide myself from the silhouettes emitted by the uncertain eyes. Avoiding street lights and alley ways wasn’t a surprise, but I couldn’t help wonder what if I were to feed the urge to discover a world beyond these brick walls and sidewalks. Though, Mama said no, Mama always said no, and Mama is always right. As I slid my way through…

was stopped by a fundamentalist and was questioned about the use of alcohol and he then needed to check the house for any alcohol. The Guardians of the Revolution then stopped Marjane for not wearing her veil correctly. The veil, otherwise called a Hijab, is viewed as a sense of terrorism in the American society. The veil is considered to be religious and a way of showing modesty. Americans perceived Iranians as terrorists and unlawful people. Americans started to develop the sense of…

After the war that occurred in Iraq and the dictatorship that came along with it by Suddam Hussein, the United States government conducted themselves as the primary source of repairing the damage and rebuilding Iraq. During that time, the United States government was held by the Bush administration. After all the damage was so called “fixed”, the Iraq government was still left in shambles; civilians, American troops, and political leaders were still being murdered. According to Larry Diamond…

For my first presentation, I chose to go over polygamy courtship and marriage by Kiersten Warde. Polygamy varies from your typical relationship in that it is a marriage involving one man and multiple women, like stated in the presentation, polygamy in Greek translates to “often married”. While this practice is illegal in the United States, it is still practiced in other places around the world today. Although, even in places where polygamy is accepted the man is truly only married to his first…

example, the kids there did not think the dog is a pet; they thought the dog is an animal, and they used a dog like a ball to play soccer, and they killed that dog after the game goes over. Riad family was seen as strangers. His mother did not wear the hijab like every woman who lived in Syria, and Riad was looked so different with other kids in the town. Riad was big, and he had blond curly hair. However, all…

Gerami. The hyper masculinity created by the religious leaders and elites during this time can also be seen in the religious sartorial reforms they implemented for women. While these reforms were an attempt to get away from Western decadence, the hijab and chador that was to be worn by women was not only meant to be non-feminine but ultimately it put immorality on the shoulders of women. Essentially, if a woman was sexually harassed, it was because she dressed immodestly and as a result, it…

Introduction Have you ever been forced against your will, pinned down, unable to protect yourself against what 's coming next? The only words you 're able to get out between your muffled cries is the words "STOP" and "No". Laying their hopeless as someone has their way with you. According to the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, "Nearly 1 in 5 women have been raped in their lifetime while 1 in 71 men have been raped in their lifetime" ("National Intimate Partner…

We can all admit that at one point in life we have caught ourselves following the latest trends. We assume the style is an idea that is in for the moment, that came randomly from someone or somewhere that does not concern us. When in actuality it derived from a culture far from where we are with a deeper and significant meaning. This is what is known as cultural appropriation. No matter if it is an accident or intentional, taking an idea or style that does not belong to our original culture is…

differently. (Scollon, R., Scollon, S., & Jones, pg. 1-24) Just as Scollon, Scollon and Jones have discussed culture as interpretive, Blommaert has also discussed the problems that may arise from this topic in relation to culture being interpretive. Using a hijab as an example that immigrants also have their own niches, and cultural values that cannot be integrated. Blommaert argues that immigrants are subjected to pressures…

Translation is an important term in our life, we use it daily in life. We translate our feelings into actions, and our ideas, thoughts, and knowledge into word. But the formal term of translation deals with languages, it is basically changing words from one language into another. Translation in history has been through three main periods. The first one was the beginning of the christian era where many languages interacted to create the new christian civilisation. The second was begins with the…