It’s not every day that Seventeen Magazine does something I get amped about, but featuring Ain
It’s not every day that Seventeen Magazine does something I get amped about, but featuring Ainee Fatima just happens to be one of them!Fatima writes: “I was tired of being stereotyped as a Muslim, so I stopped wearing my headscarf, or hijab, to blend in. But something else happened–I became shy, quiet. It wasn’t until I signed up for my school’s slam poetry team that I felt free to be honest about the pressures of trying to balance my religion with being an American girl…Performing made me feel powerful, and soon I didn’t want to blend in anymore. I started wearing my hijab again; it reminded me I have the freedom to speak my mind when so many girls don’t.” -- source link
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