Hijabi Style is a blog devoted to hijab fashion, styles, design ideas, shopping advice and life as a beautiful muslima. Check us out today!
Hijabi Style is a blog devoted to hijab fashion, styles, design ideas, shopping advice and life as a beautiful muslima. Check us out today!
Hello :) I've never left a comment on someone's blog who I didn't know before, but I really wanted to leave one on yours. I'm an atheist from the UK, and, a few months ago, found myself googling "hijab blog" after a conversation about hijabs with my mother.
ReplyDeleteI've been really impressed by blogs like yours: fashion might be seen as a shallow topic but it says so much about our identities, self-esteem and self-image that it was a great way to learn about muslim women, hijabs and their ideas. Thank you for opening my eyes!
I have a question for you though.
After looking at a few blogs I You Tubed "hijab" and found a user called NonMuslimHijabi. I don't know if you know her, but her username pretty much tells you everything: she's a white non-muslim who wears and loves hijab. After looking at blogs like yours I wouldn't mind wearing hijab but wouldn't if I didn't have a good reason to. I wouldn't want to misappropriate the culture.
Rather than just wonder about this and never knowing, I thought you might be a good person to ask. So here I am, writing you this message :)
What would you think of a Western non-muslim woman who wore hijab? Would you be supportive of a hijabi Western atheist or would you see it as cultural misappropriation? How would you feel?
Thank you for your blog. I think it's awesome what you're doing :)