Muslim Responses to Anti-Islam Polemics

An Afternoon With The Hijjabed

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This is a short student film (8:29) from Multimedia University, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The video is a collection of interviews with five women, all of whom wear a tudung (head-cover) to one extent or another. Each of the women answer a series of questions (e.g., “What is aurat?” “Why do you wear the hijjab?” and so on) to the best of their abilities. The film is interesting in that it captures a cross-section of women who cover themselves for different reasons. You have the very traditional Zulaikha who wears both the tudung and niqab, Natasha, who wears a scarf that covers almost nothing for the least satisfactory reasons, and three others who all wear a traditional tudung although one, Wawa, a student, apparently would take hers off in public given the right circumstances (i.e., when she’s with friends).

Perhaps the best line in the documentary is from the cigarette-smoking art director, Leyla, who said very directly, “I am a Muslim woman, and I’m not afraid to show it.”

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Source: Bismika Allahuma

URL: https://bismikaallahuma.org/islam/an-afternoon-with-the-hijjabed/

Published: June 13, 2006

Last Updated: February 9, 2017

10 comments on “An Afternoon With The Hijjabed

  1. I’m an MMU student and I know how old this video is. Please take note that this video was done as an assignment, a faux documentary done in a satirical flavour.

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