This is a message to everyone out there,
Who wants to know,
Why I choose to cover my hair,
And why I don’t just *go with the flow*.
Firstly, I would like to explain,
That I’m not forced to dress this way,
And my father or husband isn’t to blame,
In this matter, they really don’t have a say.
So let me make this clear right from the
start,
Observing *hijaab* is a spiritual choice,
Taken with
the mind and with the heart,
And not so
much to *hide* from the boys.
‘Cause in
our society today,
Where women
need to be sexy all the time,
And our
bodies are put on display,
Covering
your body does seem like a crime.
But don’t
missunderstand our modest dress,
Our religion
doesn’t teach us to hide,
For it’s not
the men, but God we want to impress,
As we cover
up when we walk outside.
Our beauty
isn’t for everyone to see,
Only for
those lucky few,
And that is
in fact a liberating idea,
That
stresses a woman’s real value.
So don’t you
think that I am oppressed,
When you see
the scarf on my head,
Or the
fashion in which I’m dressed,
It’s only by
the media that you are misled…
