In this four part series, three women look back on their years in the hijab, examining their own experience and offering their perspectives on the current political and cultural debate about how best to respect the choices of women. The other parts can be found here: Part 1 (Politics and Piety); Part 2 (Marwa Berro); Part 4 (Heina Dadabhoy).
Could you introduce yourself briefly?
My name is Reem Abdel-Razek, I am a twenty-one year old Egyptian blogger and translator who lives in New York. I write the blog for the Centre for Secular Space, a transnational think tank which aims to strengthen secular voices, fight religious fundamentalism and promote universality in human rights. (I also can be found at Facebook.)
How long did you wear the hijab, and what did it mean to you at the time?
I started wearing hijab at ten and took it…
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