A hasheed defending the hijjab, by Dawud Wharnsby.

[ZombieHorde]

Run time: 02:52 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9v4gZDLPd4   Posted on YouTube: July 22, 2008 By YouTube Member: MissCherryDoll Views on YouTube: 77744   Posted on DU: September 11, 2011 By DU Member: ZombieHorde Views on DU: 790

 
~The lyrics are from the youtube video. I noticed some discrepancies, but they are minor. I think this video offers an alternative point of view than than we usually hear in the west.~

They say, "Oh, poor girl, you're so beautiful you know
It's a shame that you cover up your beauty so."
She just smiles and graciously responds reassuringly,
"This beauty that I have is just one simple part of me.
This body that I have, no stranger has the right to see.
These long clothes, this shawl I wear, ensure my modesty.
Faith is more essential than fashion, wouldn't you agree?

This hijab,
This mark of piety,
Is an act of faith, a symbol,
For all the world to see.
A simple cloth, to protect her dignity.
So lift the veil from your heart to see the heart of purity.

They tell her, "Girl, don't you know this is the West and you are free?
You don't need to be opressed, ashamed of your femininity."
She just shakes her head and she speaks so assuredly,

"See the bill-boards and the magazines that line the check-out isles, with their phony painted faces and their air-brushed smiles?
Well their sheer clothes and low cut gowns are really not for me.
You call it freedom, I call it anarchy."

This hijab,
This mark of piety,
Is an act of faith, a symbol,
For all the world to see.
A simple cloth, to protect her dignity.
So lift the veil from your heart to see the heart of purity.
Lift the veil from your heart and seek the heart of purity.

[msongs]

1. ever notice that MEN don't have to wear them?? this song blames women instead of men nt

[ZombieHorde]

6. I don't think this song blames women, I think it says different people have different values.

I don't interpret any line in the song as blame.

[xchrom]

2. what's that around her eyes? -- eye liner? eye shadow & mascara? nt

[ProgressiveProfessor]

3. Many women who wear head scarfs etc also wear makeup

[xchrom]

4. indeed. i already knew that. but this is from the song:

"See the bill-boards and the magazines that line the check-out isles, with their phony painted faces and their air-brushed smiles?
Well their sheer clothes and low cut gowns are really not for me.
You call it freedom, I call it anarchy."


it's NOT exactly like that either.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

5. There are also unique makeup styles

which vary somewhat from country to country. My wife pointed that out to me when we lived in the middle east. Typical male, I was clueless about it.

[ZombieHorde]

7. I think the "air-brushed smiles" is literal, not figurative.

Pictures of models are often air brushed.

[dawg]

8. I don't have a problem with women to choose to wear the hijab.

As long as it is really their choice, I support it.

[ZombieHorde]

9. I agree. I don't think people should be forced to wear any clothing.

I also think people should have the right of religious freedom.