So, yesterday my teacher and I put aside the reading book for the second hour and talked for a while. We had a pretty good conversation about hijab. an excerpt: arabic in italics
A: But Christians wear the veil!
d: um...
A: I saw it on tv!
d: arwa, you shouldn't believe everything you see on tv.
A: no. I saw women on tv wearing the veil! (begins drawing picture)
d: well some people do, but ... it's different
A: (finishes picture -- of nun)
d: OH!! okay, but very few, those are special people -- nuns
A: yeah nuns (it should be noted that the root of nun and monk is also "to terrorize")
A: they are very Christian, you are just a little bit Christian.
d: wow.
I suppose in terms of me v nuns I am indeed "Christian qaleela" but in comparison to the unvowed world, I probably hold my own.
3 comments:
Now, you know we wear veils. Brides wear "veils" though most probably shouldn't. and for Halloween if you are going as a belly dancer! (are we really talking face veils as I don't believe I have ever seen one on a nun). She needs to watch 'What Not to Wear'.
veils like head scarves, most nuns do wear them.
yeah but that's just catholics, we all know they're not christian
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