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I get along with most anyone. Living
at Loyola during the summer was always one of my greatest pleasures. I
enjoyed the summer schedule more than the regular semester, so during
the break between my Junior and Senior years, I had the pleasure of
living with Hanyeh Khoshnevisan, now known as Hani Hulu, Fashion specialist for JWWWD Magazine.
Religion is a weird topic. It's so heavy
that I sometimes feel it becomes burdensome. Now, I don't have any
particular feelings about religions other than my own (how can you judge
what you don't know), but it doesn't take long to realize Hanyeh is
Muslim - dope headwrap to match. If you take a moment to read her blog,
my favorite part is where she speaks on being a Muslim woman, "I like
to prove we are not oppressed or less than others just because we
are Muslim or because we cover. In reality, we are among the strongest
women around." Sometimes, when I see a girl who covers, I try to tell
them about Hani and give them our card. One girl I see on my commute to
work semi-ignores me now. I say "Hi" on purpose *shrugs* I don't care. I
don't have much real live conversation with Hani (or anyone else) so I
didn't want to butcher the word "hijab" & I'm afraid she might have
checked me off as an idiot. I know I'm fairly ignorant of the details
of that side of the world, but I do know we're human. As much as
we need to teach each other, we need to be willing to learn. Hani is
here just as much for girls like her as she is for those who have no
real knowledge of her culture. I'm honored to introduce Hani Hulu as JWWWD Magazine's official Fashion Specialist (I still hate the word blogger & Hani deserves a fancy title).
