Struggle of a Muslum Girl
"I did not feel good at all wearing the viel. I felt camouflaged. But then I thought that is life, you know?" She also felt "jealous" of the few girls who, because they lived in French neighborhoods in which they were less conspicuous, could affort not wear the veil. Mina had been a beautiful young woman who worried about losing her looks under her veil, to distinguish herself from the other veiled women. She bought expensive silk veils imported from Tunisia, which she wore over stiletto heels, and draped the silk over her face so as to make the opening for the eye larger. Her high heels guaranteed tht her ankles would be exposed. (p. 17) Source: Lazreg, Marnia. Questioning the Veil: Open Letters to Muslim Women . Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009. [HQ 1170.L39 2009] (Tyndale Seminary, Toronto)