Why Another Blog? And Why This One?
Sorry for the abrupt title and the out of nowhere, hastily put together, blog, but well that's Arab timing for you. I figured if I started this thing, people would stop telling me I should start one. "You have a great vocabulary and an open mind" they said. "You shouldn't keep your thoughts to yourself" they also said, but what if I do, I said. Why would anyone want to hear the ramblings and rants of another Muslim girl in America?
Something they said must have struck a chord though, because here I am. Writing this stupid-ass blog for people who may or may not read it. And for those of you who, by some miracle, do read this...first of all, are you okay? Do you need a list of appropriate and non-time wasting material? Maybe some Oscar Wilde or Rumi if you hadn't already devoured everything he ever wrote.
Second of all, I am really sorry for all the 'woe is me' and "holy shit I am actually doing this" running's on. It's just that I never thought I would actually do this considering that I didn't want to and I was always bemoaning that it takes up a lot of time.
Oh, and there will be a lot of swearing. Just wanted to get it out there in case you thought I was a righteous and pious Muslim girl. In some ways I am and some I'm not. If the least "haram" way for me to vent in this world is by swearing, you better fucking believe I'm doing it. So don't "come for me" as the young ones say.
Cause let me tell you something; its hard out here for a Muslim chick. Especially if you wear the hijab.
Not only do women who do not wear it have to endure the plight that is men and all their deviancy, but wearing it also keeps us modest, with vanity taking a back seat.
Does that mean a girl that wears hijab is more virtuous or religious than a girl that does not wear one? Fuck no. It's there for women who choose to wear it and it's there for women who choose not to wear it as well.
Hijab is an idea. An idea that keeps us modest and from doing things we would not normally do. If you look it up correctly, it does not just mean "head covering." It is a way for women to hold themselves in public and in private. It is your manner-isms, your politeness, your general "good-ness," in front of others. It is a sense of discipline and control and keeps you from falling into peer pressure.
That is hijab.
And here's the funny part that the Western world will never understand; hijab is for men too. Maybe they can't see it because Muslim men have a bad rep in the West, but still, it should be there for them as well as women.
True men are gentlemen. Those men that were raised right by their mothers and were raised to see women as people instead of something to attain. Something like property.
OH. MY. ALLAH. This is my first rant. I told myself I would not do it on my first post, but what are you gonna do?
So this is my blog. Follow me, or not, I don't care. My goal is not to educate you or help you with the advice. This is just my online diary, if you will. I just put it on public.
