{"id":599,"date":"2018-06-06T20:14:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T20:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentvoices.bli.lsa.umich.edu\/?p=599"},"modified":"2020-07-23T13:36:13","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T13:36:13","slug":"halfway-hijabi-hijabi-monologues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/studentvoices\/2018\/06\/06\/halfway-hijabi-hijabi-monologues\/","title":{"rendered":"Halfway Hijabi: Hijabi Monologues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hijabi Monologues is a spinoff of Vagina Monologues or Mental Health<\/span>
Monologues, and consisted of hijabi women from various backgrounds and identities speaking\u00a0about their experience in wearing the hijab, as well as the reason why they decided to wear the\u00a0hijab.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Following the escalation of hate crimes towards hijabi, or Muslim-veiled, after the 2016 presidential elections, my roommate and I decided to create \u201cHalfway Hijabi: Hijabi
\nMonologues\u201d. Given the common misconceptions about the hijab being forced on us, as well as the association of Islam with terrorism\/backwardness, this event was\/is meant to be a space for\u00a0hijabi women to freely share their narratives, as oppose to have others speak on, about, or for\u00a0us. As a free event open to the general public, it is\/was also meant to be a space where all people, regardless of background or views, could come and learn more about the hijab. We also\u00a0served desserts afterwards in the room next door in order to facilitate post-performance\u00a0discussion between the audience and the performers.<\/p>\n

The event, held on February 16, 2018, was extremely successful, with the room reaching its capacity limit and over 1,800 people indicating interest on our Facebook page. We were invited to speak at\u00a0Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion events afterwards, as well as were featured in the 2017\u00a0commencement video. More importantly, it created a space where people of all different backgrounds and ways of life could come together and just enjoy each other\u2019s presence in a\u00a0comfortable\/open-minded space. The speakers told us that this was one of the few times they\u00a0felt wanted on this campus and we received much feedback through our Facebook group in\u00a0which other\u2019s asked if this event would continue to be held. This all couldn\u2019t have been possible\u00a0without the help from BLI and the financial aid given to us through BLI. Many grants don\u2019t cover\u00a0refreshments, which we felt was essential to facilitate post-performance discussion, or events\u00a0that occur outside of a particular\u00a0organization.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The flexibility given through BLI really helped\u00a0assist in establishing this event. Through the constructive feedback and debriefs held, it has\u00a0been decided that this event will be held again, and we are extremely excited to hear the\u00a0feedback for this event\/continue to progress it to be as inclusive of an event it can be.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

By:\u00a0Alyiah Al-Bonijim and Ayah Kutmah<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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