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I am a girl who wasn’t sent to high school by her father.
Hello. I don’t remember how I discovered this website; it has been a long time and I forgot its existence. Tonight, I was into my inner thoughts, hoping to find some encouragement, but suddenly I felt the urge to pour out. Hello once again to
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I told myself, “You are not the strong woman you want to be.”
Hello. I don’t know how I should begin. First, I want to state that, you have been a light of hope to me. I was speechless most of the time I read the stories. There were many stories like mine, but I wanted to write
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According to my family’s mentality, I deserve to die.
Are this society and this mentality hostile to the female body that I have, or is it an enemy to me? Hello to everyone. Let me start by introducing myself. I am a 20-year-old, alive, and kicking young girl with high energy. I experienced an
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My dad kept us up all night reading Quran verses, giving examples from February 28th.
Hello, I also want to write my story. I am 19 years old and I obviously have a conservative family. My twin and I knew that we would get into hijab one day. Ever since we were little, we went to Quran courses. We decided
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Why do verses about women have different meanings while everyone interprets a verse about men in the same way?
Hello, I wanted to write too. Maybe you will help encouraging me. I’m 20 years old. I’ve been a hijabi for about four years. I made my decision in the summer holiday of 10th grade. Obviously, this decision was not suitable for me, I am
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I can’t live like this.
I’m writing this for my family. I’m upset. You see this but don’t care because you know that my happiness will bother you. I know that I make you feel uncomfortable, but you don’t have any idea that your pressure on me makes me disgusted
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I want to continue the search for a belief while not representing a religion.
Hello, I am a 17-year-old high school senior. It all started when I was 11 years old. I had passed the 5th grade and had finished primary school. I had to choose a secondary school. My family did not force me on this. I went
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I have been raised like this since my childhood; I mean I already knew that I have to cover my hair one day.
Hello. I didn’t think of writing here before I lost all hope. Maybe it would be more enjoyable to read a girl’s letter who thinks that she will achieve everything she wants but I’m sorry. They made me give up all my hope and I
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Thinking about taking my hijab off was a mental illness according to my family.
I’ve been thinking about how to write for a long time, eventually I decided to write whatever comes to my mind. 3 years ago, I became a hijabi willingly, but I started to feel uncomfortable after a while. I started questioning if I really wanted
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They say women are valuable, that’s why they should be covered. I’m upset with this value, what kind of a value is this?
Excuse my spelling errors, I’m a foreigner who learned Turkish and I might have written incoherently. I want to tell my own veiling and unveiling story on this website. I’m the daughter of a religious family and I’m a senior at college. I’m 23. There
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I am not even a Muslim, yet I am forced to wear the hijab.
I explained to them how I wanted to take off my hijab. 3 times, politely, I even sobbed and cried in their presence. “It upsets me dad.” I told him. “Doesn’t matter. It’s more important that you cover yourself.” he told me. I realized then
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Those around me saw women who did not wear the hijab as immoral.
My family told me “You can’t take your hijab off, all our relatives wear it!”. I was sent to a Religious Middle School & High School. I didn’t want to. Every summer I was sent to a Qur’an courses, also against my will. Those around
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“You’re possessed by a demon.”
“Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women.” The above quote is from Maya Angelou, who always cheers me up with her “Come on, take action!” punchlines; I wanted to begin on a hopeful note. Each person is a
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I thought if I started wearing the hijab, my dad would talk to me too.
Hello. I’m sorry that I don’t have the courage to tell you my name. I think this place is full of people like me who can’t live their own lives, who have to live in a way that others dictate. I never wanted to wear
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In the religion-based school, I had to fight over my clothing.
I’m only 16 years old but I wanted to write to you because my story feels similar. I’ve been forbidden from having any contact with boys since I was 4 or 5. If I were to hold a boy’s hand, I’d be accused of harlotry
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They used to beat my older sister to force her to veil.
Hi there, there is no way out in my story. I shouldn’t be pessimistic about my situation, but I don’t know what to do either. When I was only 4 years old my parents sent me to special daycares where they would teach religious doctrines.
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Dressing up as I wish shouldn’t be a sin deserving hell.
Hi. I am writing because, you know what, everything that connects me to life flew away one by one. I am someone who has been to religious boarding schools since age of 6 and who had been made to wear headscarf- even before getting my
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My dad turned around and suddenly took my headscarf off.
Hi. I was watching a YouTube video about unveiling and someone recommended me this platform. I didn’t realize before that there were so many people sharing the same story. It was the summer of 5th grade that I decided to cover my hair at an
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Had I not been married; I wouldn’t have been going to college.
Hi, I am 28 years old and I took my headscarf off 2 years ago. My veiling story has begun after I had my child. I got married, by my choice, when I was 18. Don’t be mad that I got married at an early
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My father said, “It is your decision, but I don’t want you to take off your hijab.”
Hello everyone. Writing here was not in my mind, but after I saw the posts, I wanted to write, as well. I became a hijabi in 8th grade with my own will. It was allowed to wear hijab in my school, for that reason, I
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I’ve been playing a hypocritical game for about a year.
Hello, I’ve been following this site for a long time, but I couldn’t find the strength to write these. But now I can write because I believe that I can’t feel any worse than this. I was born into a Muslim family. When I was
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Why should I hide what has been given to me underneath layers of veil?
This is a platform I’ve been following for almost two years. This is a platform I sometimes enter for crying and sometimes for being filled with hope. In 2 years, I saw how my closest ones could hurt me. I’ve been excluded from my family
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First time in years, I have done something for myself: I took my hijab off.
I had written here two years ago. I was 17. First time in years, I have done something for myself: I took my hijab off despite all those oppression. When no one has gone through the same things you are going through, you feel alone
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When I entered the university, my father said, “Either you wear a hijab, or you are not going.”
This is a letter of struggle. I come from a family that thinks they are religious. I always resisted their hijab coercions, but when I entered the university, my father said, “Either you become a hijabi, or you are not going.” I resisted so much,
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Did making the best decision for my own life disappoint them?
I’m the first child of the house and I have two brothers. Ever since I was little, my relationship with my mother was never good. I would always say that she loves me, but she doesn’t show it; it was hard for me to face
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I did not wear hijab for God’s sake for once in five years.
I’m a 20-year-old college student. Under pressure from my parents, I wore hijab the day I started high school, and I have lost my own identity since. I’m not myself anymore. I did not wear hijab for God’s sake for once in five years. My
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I realized that it wasn’t enough for me to listen to people who share my destiny anymore.
I discovered this platform about a year ago. It was around the time I was searching for people to share my emotions with as I was looking for a way out from the suffocation of this hijab during my preparations for the university entrance exam.
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They had “grounded” me so that men wouldn’t get electricity from me.
Hello, I accidentally discovered your website today, and as I read what people who are so much like me went through, I spent the whole day reading your website. I’ve been reading since yesterday. I’m really glad that you are so supportive of each other.
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Let my freedom be the only infinite thing.
Can you hear the wind? It approaches calmly and silently. My eyelids are starting to open; my numb and dry glances hit against the damp and wet walls… I lift my head, unaware of anything. Every mirror I show my face breaks, I stand up