Naima B. Robert – What if I Took off my Niqab Ladies, We Need to Talk About the Hijab!

			So I can say some. I have a
question
		

			how would you feel if I stopped
wearing the niqab?
		

			Like, no, like on a real?
		

			If one day, you saw me like this,
like you're used to seeing me. And
		

			then the next time you saw me on
Instagram or Facebook, you
		

			actually saw my face?
		

			What do you think that would mean
for you?
		

			You know, would you be sad? Would
you be angry? Would you be
		

			disappointed? Would you unfollow
me? Would you reach out to me?
		

			Would you make dua for me? Would
you think, Oh, another one bites
		

			the dust, you know, another one,
once she gets to a certain level
		

			of goes the Islamic attire.
		

			I'm not asking these questions and
any way to judge or shame any one,
		

			and especially not you. But I do
think that you and I both know
		

			that we as a community are being
rocked by this crisis. This, this
		

			crisis of confidence in the hijab,
and some people feel that they're
		

			not affected by it, but some
people, it's shaken them, you
		

			know. And for me, personally, as a
sister, it's shaken me.
		

			And I wanted to have a
conversation about that. I think
		

			there's we are navigating so many
different pressures, there is the
		

			pressure on that we accept upon
ourselves to do what Allah wants
		

			us to do. There are family
pressures, community pressures,
		

			then there is social media, then
there is society at large. And
		

			then all our internal battles,
right. Our internal battles with
		

			who we are, who we are becoming,
who we how we want to show up in
		

			the world. You know, we may have
issues of, you know, our own
		

			confidence issues, you know, our
own issues of feeling comfortable
		

			in our skin of beauty and, and all
the standards of everything is
		

			just there's a lot, it's a lot.
Okay, there's a lot going on. And
		

			so I invited a handful of really
amazing sisters. When I say
		

			amazing, I mean, thoughtful
sisters, vocal sisters,
		

			opinionated sisters, and learned
sisters, to come together with me
		

			to have an honest and hopefully
healing conversation about the
		

			hijab.
		

			I would love for you to join us,
so please,
		

			tick, register, check, click
whatever it is that you need to do
		

			around on this video.
		

			To get yourself to that
conversation, Inshallah, it's
		

			going to be a very nourishing
conversation, a very eye opening
		

			and thought provoking
conversation. But I think that we
		

			need to have a conversation. So
the virtual salon is doing a
		

			special sister session on the
hijab and I would love to see you
		

			there. Find out more details on
the link below. Hope you will join
		

			us in sha Allah, and may Allah
keep us always sincere and
		

			steadfast me Slavonic.