Ayesha

“Why is everything I own rubbish?”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

“Special discounts to Hogwarts students who swear they’re going to use our products to get rid of this old bat,” added George, pointing at Professor Umbridge.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

“We can never speak on their behalf or have our single stories represent their struggles, but what we can do is attempt to use our privileges to make radical change.”
― Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age

“Because our racist society is quick to view minorities as monoliths, and because our sexist society is quick to reduce women to the attire they wear, Muslim women who wear headscarves have undoubtedly become the involuntary representatives of an entire religion. Following the irrational logic according to which Muslims are judged (i.e., if one Muslim commits terrorism, then all Muslims are terrorists), every action that a visibly identifiable Muslim woman takes in public is immediately attributed to our religion as a whole. In this way, we exist in the public sphere in a perpetual state of constant awareness and consciousness of the outward eye. Our actions are constantly manipulated, negotiated, and limited to serve that purpose—another manifestation of the oppression we suffer from Western society. We are on the front lines of Islamophobia. Physical assault, hate crimes, and harassment against us are not only attacks upon us as individuals, but attacks on Islam itself. Like lightning rods, we attract and bear the brunt of the hateful attitudes, rhetoric, and media frenzies prompted by Islamophobia.”
― Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age