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Tale of two young women with hijab
2-1-2018
In its issue of December 30, 2017, L’Orient Le Jour portrayed the stories of two young women students who wear the hijab. Farah, 28 years, works in the medical field, said that her conservative parents have forced her to wear the veil when she was 19. Then, she felt sad and unhappy because she did not want to, even though she was a strong believer, as she mentioned. Farah described to L’Orient Le Jour’s reporter the challenges she faced in her lookout for employment in the capital, Beirut or in the North being a ‘muhajaba’. And when she took a job in clinical audit, she simply took off her headscarf and felt more freedom. However, Farah went on to say, removing the hijab will not go unpunished. She had to withstand the remorseful looks of her family and neighbors, and this, she said, takes great courage, for it is a personal choice. On the other hand, Yumn, the 24-year-old chemistry student in USJ-Tripoli, explained that wearing the veil did not mean anything to her in the beginning, being a liberal young woman. But after she made her lifetime visit to Mecca to explore the haram, her life convictions changed and she decided to put on the hijab. She felt comfortable with herself, and her acquaintances and family, namely her unveiled mother, respected and approved her daughter’s decision, Yumn boasted. Yet, Yumn lamented one main drawback to wearing the hijab, which prevents her from practicing her favorite sport, swimming, revealing that most of the beaches in Tripoli do not allow the burkini swimwear for mahajabat. (L’Orient Le Jour, December 30, 2017)
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