These are cute; amusing.

I saw two little girls, walking down the street  with their mom, in full hijab, but so light-weight and fashionable, with bright but tasteful colors. They were running and skipping and so happy.

It’s kinda wierd; I get into these arguments with my friends about hijab, and how strongly I feel about it, but I totally dig the "hijab and fringe" and "hijab chique" designs. I really, really don’t like the idea of hijab being compulsory, especially for children, but I can totally respect the choice of a woman to wear one. One friend from Cali wears hijab and outfits like the ones I like here, and does it out of a sense of modesty that doesn’t have the faint malodor of repression around it, and I totally dig that.

Plus, she looks hot in hijab. Dig that too.

Hijab and fringe is basically Audrey Hepburn, no?

The cartoonist should come to Philly- for a peek at the hijab + shortsleeves look, and my personal favorite, niqab + shortsleeves + shorts look. And Miss Hijab + Fringe would need a touch more elegance before she’d be rocking an Audrey Hepburn look- perish the thought of Miss Hepburn in Converses!

The fact that "hijab and fringe" is an Iranian tourist, the "Axis of Evil" oh my!

he he heh heh hhe he, these are sweet

My favorite are the ninja hijab and the trade mark glares—- the indonesian maid has the same teeth as me!

I’m always learning something from you GustavoMustafa

My veil is two crown royal bags sewn together(a double royal crown tam) it covers most of my hair, i wear this or other headgear almost all the time, once in a while i let my hair go uncovered but if so it is usually tied back

Off and on I consider wearing categorical hijab but i should learn more about Islam and Muslim cultures before i do that, also i can’t think of much that is more  threatening to mainstream small town ‘mericans than a small melanin  woman in hijab—May Allah give me the courage to do that! I was even afraid to write that—i’m poor havent figured out how to make it without a reg job yet ,man.

With the crown royal tam i get some weird looks, looks of disgust, laughter …and occasional compliments

The other day i heard a child say something about "hippies" and then her mom said "Here, lets go this way" and reversed directons so as to change walking  the same direction as me-gol

i don’t drink the stuff—just some rare small glass of wine most likely and usually homebrewed by some Friends

                                  Respect to you

                                             Silly Suficmyxstichead

Hello from an American (Muslim) in Paris —

Having written that, I wonder if my life could be the basis of an amusing modern remake of this classic movie? : 0

I enjoyed the clever drawings a lot. The glare aspect is a brilliant observation. I think the glare is one of the most effective ways imaginable to validate non-Muslims belief that Islam is a religion for angry, repressed, anti-social grumps.

I could relate to the women’s various efforts to be happy & halal. I too struggle to find a modest clothing style that works for me in a fashion-driven, Latin, often Islamophobic society. I opt for loose-fitting clothing and pants or long skirts (no side slits), tunics are quite popular in mainstream fashion here so I find a lot of tops I like. I work as a consultant and if I go to a meeting at a typical French company, I can’t look like I just walked off a dune. Not to diss someone who does want to dress more conservatively or in traditional styles, there are many North African people in France who do. But a lot of these people don’t get much respect or taken seriously as a job candidate either — let’s call it the Burning Car Syndrome from the riots of last year. That’s another topic.

There is also the question of safety in my area. Some imbeciles have put up homemade stickers on the trash cans that show a drawing of the Prophet (pbuh) that says “Mohammed = poubelle” (garbage). Or even more idiotically “Islam = Merde” (sh*t). Who wants to meet these nuts when walking home at night from the train??

I’m petite, blonde and blue-eyed, so sometimes I get some strange looks or comments even with what I do wear. Like, you’re not fat, why don’t you wear more sexy clothes? One woman even asked me in a kind, meaningful tone of voice “do you like to eat?” It dawned on me that she thought I had an eating disorder! I finally ‘came out’ to her and said “I’m not bulemic, just a Muslim.” She looked puzzled but relieved, kind of “ohhh!” as if that explained everything.

When I was in Istanbul Turkey 2 months ago (a very LOVELY capital) I saw a lot of Turkish women who wear their hijab in many different styles. It was very cool!

Ankara is the capitol of modern Turkey, Istanbul was the capitol of the Eastern Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, and the Ottoman Empire.

oh my bad!

it seems that  no one likes  Ankara, though. hah!

Can you get people like the woman in the bottom left hand corner walking around in Damascus? Sorry, I’ve never been to Syria before.