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| Girl A |
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| Girl B |
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| Girl C |
A: Do you have to wear that dress?
B: You mean my Abaya?
A: Yeah, can't you just cover your head and wear normal clothes?
B: I prefer this. We're supposed to cover our beautiful body parts. Only our husband has the right to see them.
C: Salamaz!
A: I meant like her. She's covered and she looks beautiful!
B: (If I say that's not the right way to wear Hijab.. that would be backbiting...... How do I explain?)
footnote
1.Abaya : a long black-sleeved robe worn by Muslim women in Arabic-speaking countries, often with headscarf or veil
2.Salamaz :"Hi" in Arabic
3. Hijab : a traditional scarf worn by Muslim women to cover their hair and neck and sometimes the face
Created by Amirah Yousaf
From Youtube
<Summary>
There are 3 different girls dressed differently. Girl A in a tiny top and shorts asks Girl B if her Abaya is something Girl B must wear. Girl B explains that Girl B believes that her body is very "special" and only her husband is allowed to see it. Girl A continues; Girl A wonders if Girl B can just cover her head and wear whatever. Girl C shows up. She is covering her head but not her body(she is wearing a casual outfit.)
<Opinion>
Yuri:
I believe that it's totally Girl B's choice if she wants to wear Abaya or casual clothes, and no one can tell a person, like the Girl B in Abaya, to suggest/ask her to wear something else. I think Girl B is wearing Abaya not because she HAS TO or the LAW says so. (maybe some places in the world, ex, Saudi Arabia, might ask you to wear some certain outfit.) Girl A has no right to tell Girl B what to wear. Girl A says Girl C looks pretty because she is wearing something other than Abaya, so is she saying that girls in Abayas looks less beautiful?
Heidi:
Girl A thinks abaya is not pretty and not "normal." But, who decide which is normal or abnormal? From Girl A's view, wearing abaya is abnormal, but from Girl B's view, it's just something to be proud of and beautiful. It's their tradition and belief coming from their own history. We should respect their custom.
However, I hope Girl B wearing abaya is aware that their custom could oppress their freedom to choose what they want wear. She said "We're supposed to cover..." It means there is a force (could be tradition and belief) to educate her to think like that. Therefore, sometimes rooted tradition and belief are so strong that majority of people think it's fine without questioning even though they could be wrong. Also, I personally think women get a self-confidence when they decorate themselves nicely and beautifully with different clothes, hair styles, and makeups. Conservative people can choose to wear conservatively, but forcing every women to wear abaya by acceptable social value and custom is not right.
Jose:
I think that it all depends on how the person is feeling with the clothes she or he are wearing. In my personal opinion if you don't like the way you see yourself in the mirror ....just get another outfit that you really enjoy!!! \m/
Images, a link of youtube, scripts by Heidi
Designed, organized by Jose
Edited, summaryof the clip by Yuri
Commented by al of us!
its very intersting to see how different cultures are required to wear certain clothings and some are open .I also liked the conversation(it was pretty realistic)
ReplyDeleteJose: I think that it all depends on how the person is feeling with the clothes she or he are wearing. In my personal opinion if you dont like the way you see yourself in the mirror ....just get another outfit that you really enjoy!!! \m/
ReplyDeleteI gree. I like the conversation style. It made me feel as if I was a part of the discussion and it gave me the impression that all the participants were interested in the topic.
ReplyDelete>Travelwoman
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment!
The topic and the movie from Youtube is one of our favorite ones because we normally choose what we wear and put our clothes on everyday without any problem.
The conversation of the 3 girls are very interesting and also something that we can think about, also it's like a nice chance for us to ask other people's opinions based on their cultures, religions and where/how they grew up.
Interesting blog, but the pictures on the left hand side makes is hard to read the text
ReplyDelete>weso92
ReplyDeleteWe tried to solve the problem the other day,and we, so far, have figured out that it depends on the size of your screen and also how big the window is.
If you could enlarge the window fully, you will probably be able to see the pictures on the left side away from the texts.
However, we would like to fix this as soon as possible.
Thank you for letting us know!