I didn't write this. A friend of mine sent from Iran. I am blogging it here with her permission.
“What goes through your mind as you sit there looking at me? Well, I can tell from your look that you think I’m so oppressed, but I don’t need you to liberate me. My head is not bare, and you can’t see my covered hair, so you sit there and you stare, and you judge me with your glare. You’re sure I’m in despair, but are you not aware, under this scarf that I wear I have feelings, and I do care how I feel. So don’t you see that I’m truly free? This piece of scarf on my head, I wear so proudly, to preserve my dignity, my modesty, my integrity, so don’t judge me in your way. Open your eyes and see. Why can’t you just accept me? Why can’t I just be me? Time and again you speak of democracy, yet you rob me of my liberty. All I want is equality. Why can’t you just let me be free?”
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wow... very powerful statements...I'm proud of having such a compatriot... your friend is totally right... but some Iranian girls cannot understand the freedom such a cover gives them...
I -as a boy- Love to talk easily with girls just as a human but most of the times I can't because I am a male too... It bothers me a lot...
when you cover your beauties from me I can see just a human and It's so good...
First I want to be a human outside and then a good man (and a little male) just for my wife...
this is the real freedom... the freedom to be a human... but Western Systems doesn't want this too...
West want us just to think to Wealth, Power and Love or let me say: Money, Force and Sex... and then they can easily role us... enslave us...
Just think about it...
By the way...
I really suggest you not to let others do the thinking instead of you... see the reality of this world... You must be the judge not others...
The main media always lie... lie and lie... and then you will accept their lies as facts... They do not let you to judge the news...
I get news just from PressTV ... It gives you the freedom to judge... Try it... it's awesome...
Thanks Anne for stopping by and comments.
Wearing something to cover the head is under the law of headship not equality. It's a practice and part of the culture especially in the Middle East since time immemorial.
@Just User:
Jazak Allah Khair for helping me out, explaining the aspect in a way, which I might not be able to do because of my limited knowledge.
TONS OF THANKS!
just user, please see below my corrected text.
Sorry for confusion.
Islam does not stop women from DOING MAKE UP. Modesty, however is there not only in Islam, but also in all the other religions.
noaslpls(gatita cansada)
I have already explained in the beginning of the text that I didn't write it, but sent to me by a friend of mine from Iran.
I myself didn't know whether its a song, otherwise I would have mentioned it, too. But friends my request is this that we should not take it as PREJUDICED. Rather we as learners of English try to enjoy the LITRATURE in between the lines.
Thanks and regards.
Few years back I was in Dallas wandering in a famous mall. I saw three American young girls two white and one black wearing complete scarf as Muslims girls wear. Nobody was paying attention to them.
This Iranian girl is complaining the same WHY ME!
@ Just User:
Thanks for your very comprehensive comments.
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