Between all the girls I know who took off their veils I
decided to celebrate the day I wore mine, unfortunately I can’t remember the
day but it was around summer 2000.
14 years of struggling.. people who were trying to convince
me to take it off, people who stopped talking to me after wearing it and most
of all people who give me the “look” when they see me.
For me..it wasn't so easy as I thought….
it’s not easy when you go to the beach seeing all the bikinis
or attending prom and weddings seeing all those short, sleeveless , gorgeous
dresses.
It’s not easy seeing all those summer clothes…seeing all
those hair styles especially when you have a nice hair.
it’s not very easy to wear a veil in Egypt especially when
you are very ambitious person with multi-talents like me =D
it’s not easy when you find your friends taking off their
veils after wearing it for a looooooooooooooooooooooong time, I never asked
anyone of them “why” they did it , or what changed their minds about it? But
from their changes I knew it was getting rid of restriction, which actually
made me have some doubts…maybe second thoughts…after all I’m not a perfect
person my mind was full of “what would happen if?” and I wondered what am I missing
exactly?
I decided to look back again at my life and see what did the
veil actually bounded me from doing, it was really hard because I couldn’t find
one single thing!
In fact I realized that it made me…free.
Free from the restrictions that the world put and loaded us
with, the discrimination hidden under a fake “democracy”
I literally did everything I wanted to do…. I worked in
magazines after being rejected by sum because of the veil, I played music even
though people never stopped opening their jaws from the shock!
And finally I was rewarded with having an amazing man in my
life, who sees me beautiful and respects the way I am. I didn't
miss anything
in the world!
I guess those reasons are more than enough to make me hold
on to it forever , may God gives us all the strength to hold on in this world =)
