They say that I’m oppressed because I cover my hair.
They are misinformed, and by that I swear,
Misinformed because they lack the knowledge that I own
Knowledge that changed throughout the years I’ve grown.

It’s been a year since we have been together. It doesn’t seem that long, I know. After a brief introduction, I was given a choice to commit to you; in my heart it was clear which way I would go.

In her recent novel Boy vs. Girl, Na’ima B. Roberts illustrates an important, yet overlooked phenomenon for girls and women who wear hijab.