Jaipur (Rajasthan): A 26-year-old Hijab wearing girl Khadija ate noodles not with chopsticks or a fork but with her bare hands, thus breaking all stereotypes around Chinese food.
All eyes were glued on her while she was performing the marvellous feat as no one had ever done the same in the history of that restaurant. She further proved that the Hijab (Muslim headscarf) was no hurdle for her or for anyone.
In a statement to our correspondent, Khadija said: “Hijab cannot be an excuse for failing in life and there’s nothing that cannot be achieved while wearing the Hijab. Just look at Mia Khalifa!”
She further went on to drink soup with a straw, thus breaking another deeply embedded societal mindset around the first course.
Khadija strongly believes that showing off one’s body or covering it up is totally an individual’s personal call.
“If you can preserve your life by just wearing a dress, wouldn’t you feel empowered? Life is precious and so long as there is life, there is a world of possibilities..” However, she could not complete the entire interview with us and had to leave in haste due to a call from her brother, who also happens to be her fiance.
While Khadija is not the only Muslim woman to openly accept that Hijab cannot be a hurdle to one’s life, but there are many other Muslim women who feel that it is an oppressive dress code that limits their freedom.
Society needs more examples like Khadija, who shatter all stereotypes and inspire other oppressed women to give into these shackles of tradition without any resistance, for the sake of staying alive.
