Burkha Under My Lipstick [90% TRUSTED]

I am keeping both. Because under this lipstick, my voice is loud. And under this burkha, my heart is free. What are the layers you wear that the world doesn't see? Let me know in the comments below.

Living with the "burkha under my lipstick" means accepting that I will never fully fit into a neat box. I am too religious for the feminists and too liberated for the fundamentalists. burkha under my lipstick

There is a specific kind of silence that comes with being a modern, visibly Muslim woman. I am keeping both

You are not a hypocrite. You are a human being. And there is nothing more sacred than a woman who decides for herself what stays on her body and what comes off. What are the layers you wear that the world doesn't see

The Burkha Under My Lipstick: On Duality, Choice, and Being a Woman in Between