ለSafaa Bokhari አሜሪካ ውስጥ እንደ ሙስሊም ሴት እምነቷን መለማመድ ቀላል አልነበረም። በኦክላንድ ፔንስልቬንያ የምትኖረው እናት የራስ መሸፈኛ በመልበሷ የቃል ትንኮሳ እንደደረሰባት ተናግራለች።
ቦክሃሪ ግን ልጇ ሳልማ ቦክሃሪ ሸማውን ለመልበስ ወይም ላለመልበስ የምትወስንበት ጊዜ ሲደርስ ለሙስሊም ሴቶች የበለጠ ደህና ዓለም እንደሚሆን ተስፋ እያደረገች ነው።
ለዚህም ነው የ30 ዓመቷ ሙስሊም እናት በፒትስበርግ ከሚገኝ የማህበረሰብ ድርጅት ጋር በመተባበር ሄሎ ሂጃብ የተባለውን ትንሽ መሸፈኛ በ Barbies እና ሌሎች የልጆች መጫወቻዎች ላይ መጠቀም የምትችለው።

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ግሬስ ፌተርማን (በስተግራ) እና ሳልማ ቦካሪ ከአሻንጉሊቶች ጋር አብረው ይጫወታሉ።
ቦካሪ ለሀፊንግተን ፖስት እንደተናገረው ሄሎ ሂጃብ ሙስሊምም ሆኑ ሙስሊም ያልሆኑ ሰዎች እንደሚጠቀሙበት ተስፋ አድርጋለች፤ በዚህም ህጻናት የራስ መሸፈኛ የለበሱ ሴቶችን እይታ እንዲለማመዱ ነው።
"ህፃናት እና ልጃገረዶች በሂጃብ መጫወት እና ሂጃብ የተለመደ ነገር ይሆናል የሚለው ሀሳብ ለወደፊቱ ለውጥ ያመጣል ብዬ አስባለሁ" ብለዋል ቦክሃሪ. "ለሴት ልጄ ምንም ችግር አይፈጥርም, ሂጃብ መልበስ ከፈለገች እንደ እንግዳ ነገር አይቆጠርም."

Gisele Fetterman ሁለቱም የፒትስበርግ ነዋሪ ከሆኑት Safaaa Bokhari ጋር በመተባበር በእጅ የተሰሩ ሂጃቦችን ለአሻንጉሊት መለዋወጫ አድርጎ አቅርቧል።
ቦካሪ እና ጓደኛዋ ጂሴል ፌተርማን ሁለቱም የ5 አመት ሴት ልጆች አሏቸው በአሻንጉሊት መጫወት ይወዳሉ።
ፌተርማን ከሽያጩ የሚገኘው ገቢ ወደ በጎ አድራጎት በመሄድ ልጆች በጨዋታ ጊዜ ሊጠቀሙበት የሚችሉትን የአሻንጉሊት መጠን ያለው የራስ መሸፈኛ ለመፍጠር ሃሳቡን አቀረበ።
ቦክሃሪ በፕሮጀክቱ ላይ ተሳፍራለች.
ለሃፊንግተን ፖስት “በጣም ደስተኛ ነበርኩ ምክንያቱም ታውቃለህ፣ ከፈራህ ፈጠራ መሆን አትችልም” ስትል ተናግራለች።
ቦክሃሪ እና ፌተርማን በፒትስበርግ ውስጥ ሸርተቴዎችን መፍጠር የምትችል ሙስሊም የሆነች ሴት ስፌት አገኙ። ሁለቱ እናቶች ሂጃብ ለሚለብሱ ሙስሊም ሴቶች ምን ማለት እንደሆነ እና ለምን ልዩነትን ማክበር አስፈላጊ እንደሆነ የሚገልጽ የትምህርት ካርድ ይዘው መጡ።
ከኤፕሪል 1 ጀምሮ ሄሎ ሂጃብ በድረ-ገጹ ለGood PGH በ $6 ለማዘዝ ይገኛል። ሂጃብ በበርካታ ቀለሞች እና ቅጦች ይመጣሉ. አንዳንዶቹ ሙስሊም ሴቶች ከሚለብሱት ከተለገሰ ሂጃብ ይዘጋጃሉ።
እንደ ፌተርማን ገለጻ፣ 100 በመቶው ገቢ የሚሰጠው እንደ ፒትስበርግ እስላማዊ ማዕከል እና የአሜሪካ ሲቪል ነጻነቶች ህብረት ላሉ ድርጅቶች ነው።
ፌተርማን ምርቱ ብዙ አስተዳደግ ላላቸው ልጆች እንደሚደርስ ተስፋ ያደርጋል. አሻንጉሊቶች ያሏት እያንዳንዱ ትምህርት ቤት እና መዋእለ ሕጻናት አንዲት ሙስሊም ሴት የምትመስል አሻንጉሊት እንዲኖራት ህልሟ ነው።
"ትንንሽ ልጃገረዶች እናቶቻቸውን በእነዚህ አሻንጉሊቶች ውስጥ እንዲመለከቱ እፈልጋለሁ, በዓለም ዙሪያ ያሉ ልጆች እንዲጫወቱባቸው. የአሜሪካ ልጆች ከሂጃብ ጋር እንዲተዋወቁ እፈልጋለሁ," Fetterman አለ.

KRISTEN MICHAELS / ለጥሩ PGH
ከእያንዳንዱ አሻንጉሊት ሂጃብ ጋር አብሮ የሚመጣው የትምህርት ካርድ ናሙና።
ቦኻሪ በ2013 ከሳውዲ አረቢያ ወደ አሜሪካ ስትመጣ አባያ (ሙሉ ሰውነት ያለው ሙሉ ልብስ)፣ ኮፍያ እና ፊቷን የሚሸፍን መጋረጃ ለብሳለች። ሃይማኖታዊ አለባበሷ ከማያውቋቸው ሰዎች እይታዎችን እና አሉታዊ አስተያየቶችን ይስባል ብላለች።
ቦክሃሪ እ.ኤ.አ. በ2016 አባያ መለበሱን ለማቆም መረጠ፣ ይልቁንም እንደ ረጅም እጄታ ያለው ሸሚዝ እና ጂንስ ባሉ ልብሶች ላይ የራስ መሸፈኛ ለብሶ ነበር። የመድልዎ ፍርሃት ግን አልጠፋም።
ቦክሃሪ "መሸፈኛ እንኳን አሁን ችግር እየሆነ መጥቷል" ብሏል። "እውነት ለመናገር ሁል ጊዜ ፍርሃት ይሰማኛል."

ሳፋ ቦክሃሪ (በስተግራ) እና ጂሴል ፌተርማን በፌተርማን ቤት ሰኞ መጋቢት 6 ቀን 2017 ተገናኝተው በጋራ ተነሳሽነት ስላላቸው ሄሎ ሂጃብ ላይ ተወያይተዋል።
ሂጃብ ከተለዋዋጭነት የበለጠ ነው -- እንዲሁም መንፈሳዊ ጽንሰ-ሀሳብ ነው፣ እሱም ሙስሊሞች ከአለም ጋር ያላቸውን ግንኙነት የሚያጠቃልል ነው። ምንም እንኳን ይህ ሁሉ ከሄሎ ሂጃብ ጋር መወከል ከባድ ቢሆንም ቦክሃሪ ምንም እንደማይመስላት ተናግራለች።
“ለልጄ የምፈልገውን ግብ ካገኘልኝ ምንም ችግር የለውም” አለችኝ። "የፕሮጀክቱ ሀሳብ ሰዎች ሂጃብ እንዲለብሱ ስለሚያደርጉ ሴቶች በቀላሉ እንዲለብሱት ነው."

KRISTEN MICHAELS / ለጥሩ PGH
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I am surprised this article is being featured in this platform. Promoting the wearing of hijab as a spiritual practice is stupefying. This seems to be a tacit attempt to indoctrinate next generation of women born in a free country, using the thin veil of modesty. Strange..
If the hijab has spiritual or sacred meaning, why turn it into a toy? Scenarios where children trying to be creative or funny would put hijabs on other dolls, stuffed animals etc or use them for other play purposes are inevitable. Kids can learn to be respectful of the symbol or can also mock it with or without intention if it's given to them as a toy.
Can someone please let me know why women wear the hijab ? In what way does it contribute to spiritual development ? Why women in particular have the dress code ?
Educating others about your culture is a good thing and hopefully when your daughter grows up, society will be less judgemental. What I find hypocritical is how you want to change society in the western world yet I don't see much said about changing the lives of women in the Middle East. It is well known how badly the expatriate women who work as maids in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are treated. They have no voice when they are beaten and raped, made to work long hours and paid so poorly. No one has tried to change that society. How about raising your voice about that? That would make you a hero in my eyes... most definitely.
Everyone should have the freedom to practice their own beliefs. If wearing a headscarf is the outward display of that belief, then it should be acceptable to all. However I think the explanation could be more explicit on the card (given with the dolls headscarf) for better understanding. It doesn't make it clear why the headscarf is an integral part of the belief or practice.
Also any display of a belief should be universal. If a headscarf is acceptable then wearing a cross and chain should also be acceptable, which sadly is not always the case. It has been said that wearing a cross and chain is not acceptable as it may offend those of a different faith. You cannot have double standards if we are to be truly accepting of each other and others beliefs.
Isn't it really an insult against Allah to cover up the beauty of a woman's hair? I suggest not more hijabs in our USA and less hijabs in Saudi Arabia
I feel sad and heavy reading this. Sensing such a deep and long time conditioning imposed upon women they can not even aware of themselves in prison of oppression and trying to feel some meaning in life justifing little decoration inside of jail - all the while without realizing they are actually in the jail. I wonder what I can do to help them to be aware of their own jail and break out of it and stop dragging their daughters into same jail. If they feel some sense of belonging and safety by staying in jail, maybe there is other ways they can meet that needs without submitting to the unwholesome demand on women. If she needs something that will help her feel like that she is seen and matter among Americans, she can find so many ways she can shine.
I am continually saddened by how a religion with so many beautiful and peaceful tenets has been hijacked by a militant public face, and I applaud this homegrown effort to promote Religious acceptance. I believe that positive creativity echos the Spirit of the Creator, and I think God smiles when two good women try in a small but powerful way to represent the spiritual practice of their faith to the general public in a way that promotes understanding. Aren't mothers everywhere motivated by the love of their children to make the world a better place? And here we see two mothers doing what all loving mothers do.
I am speaking out against all religions and cultures that require women to swaddle themselves. The roots of this so-called "modesty" is shame of women's bodies and blaming women for men's sexual predatory thoughts and behaviors. No! I do not want to see Hijabs, Berkas, Habits, Jewish Headscarfs or other oppressive and required clothing for women normalized. Where does such a dress code exist on earth for men? Let's see some men try to functon wrapped up in mandatory body-cover/shaming clothing when it is 100 degress outside, or when swimming, or running, or biking, or just living! Spare me the "discrimination" claim. Where the discrimination lies is in oppressive patriarchal cultures and religions! Destroy the Patriarchy!
Islam, not www.thereligionofpeace.com
Not sue what "Daily Good" came out of this article. :(
Islam is a violent political ideology with a thin veil of religiosity for protection.
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