Muslim Homecoming Queen
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Let's not kid ourselves, shall we? Every Muslim girl out there has had fantasies of being a homecoming queen. To no exception would be women like Jessica (remember her, ye faithful blog readers?), Zareen, and many of my cousins. In fact, we can expand this axiom to apply to some men. Examples include Farooq, Taha, Ali, and Umar.
Well, I am pleased to let the world know that right here in my stomping grounds of southwest suburbia a Muslim desi girl at Nequa Valley High School in Naperville has defied tradition and was named homecoming queen. The "special" thing about this chick is that she is a hijabi. Can I get a "Takbir!" up in here?
Needless to say, crowning a Muslim teen as somehow beautiful is a tremendous break through - albeit shocking - for Muslims throughout the world. Think about it, will you? With this crowning achievement and undoubtful hallmark in Muslim civil liberties, we are letting the world know that we are beautiful and - admitedly a more liberal interpretation - hip. The need to communicate to the West that we are moderate, peaceful, and contributing members of our society has now become, at least to me and I hope you as well, secondary. The fact that this epic story that will of course resonate in our hearts and minds for years to come was broadcasted on CBS News (Ch. 2) is a true sign of imminent victory...
Somehow and in some way the Muslim community has come together to assertively let the world know something that has been questioned for so long: "We are attractive. Inside and out." Establishing this message is paramount to our success in fostering a positive Muslim-American identity. Make every effort you can to spread this news, my brothers and sisters. Let's show them how American we are by addressing what is absolutely mundane and essential to our lives: Beauty. No longer is beauty skin deep. No longer is beauty in the eye of the beholder, but in the lens of a news camera. Or the color of a girl's hijab and and a guy's kufi.
http://cbs2chicago.com/video/?id=26810@wbbm.dayport.com
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7 comments:
excuse me. thanks for assuming i wasn't the homecoming queen in high school!
I really don't see this as a good thing. What will she do if a guy asks her to dance? It's against my religion! He would reply, "then why did you come to this dance."
As for your sweeping statement about Muslim women having aspirations to be homecoming queens, I can attest that I, nor any Muslim women I know, wanted to bear that meaningless role. Instead, I wanted to be student body president - and I was.
Um, samshady, I think he was being sarcastic...or did they not teach you that as student body president?
Dude...what's sarcasm...I never heard of that shit
"Every Muslim girl out there has had fantasies of being a homecoming queen." Um, clearly the above poster is confusing sexism with sarcasm. Look it up in the dictionary buddy.
Yo, yo, yo! As the author, I can confirm it was SARCASM!! You know that, Sam Shady!
Let's not get all feminist-like on this! ;)
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