I sympathise with the frazzled brain feeling. I just woke up after dreaming about writing a report all night. What a pity I couldn't record it!
I also sympathise with the complicated feelings - I'm personally not a fan of the symbolism of a headscarf (which isn't unique to Islam of course) so like books like this that remind me that other people may have a different interpretation to me.
Yet another complicating factor I just thought of was that sometimes teenagers become more religious as they attempt to establish their own adult identity. Apparently there's a spike in hijab wearing in the mid to late teens, and then it drops again (I think this was in Europe). And I think that if you set up wearing a hijab as a disapproved-of-activitiy then it's going to appeal to more young adults wanting to rebel/demonstrate their independence.
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Date: 2006-09-03 10:14 pm (UTC)I also sympathise with the complicated feelings - I'm personally not a fan of the symbolism of a headscarf (which isn't unique to Islam of course) so like books like this that remind me that other people may have a different interpretation to me.
Yet another complicating factor I just thought of was that sometimes teenagers become more religious as they attempt to establish their own adult identity. Apparently there's a spike in hijab wearing in the mid to late teens, and then it drops again (I think this was in Europe). And I think that if you set up wearing a hijab as a disapproved-of-activitiy then it's going to appeal to more young adults wanting to rebel/demonstrate their independence.