对于居住在宾夕法尼亚州奥克兰市的萨法·博哈里来说，作为一名穆斯林女性，在美国践行信仰并非易事。这位母亲表示，她因为佩戴头巾而遭受言语骚扰。
但布哈里希望，当她的女儿萨尔玛·布哈里决定是否佩戴头巾时，穆斯林女性将拥有一个更安全的世界。
这就是为什么这位 30 岁的穆斯林母亲与匹兹堡的一个社区组织合作，推出了 Hello Hijab ，这是一款可以用于芭比娃娃和其他儿童玩具的小型头巾。
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格蕾丝·费特曼（左）和萨尔玛·博哈里一起玩娃娃。
博哈里告诉《赫芬顿邮报》，她希望“你好，头巾”能够被穆斯林和非穆斯林使用，以便孩子们能够习惯看到戴着头巾的女性。
“孩子们和女孩们玩头巾，头巾成为一种寻常事物，我认为这将在未来产生影响，”博哈里说。“如果我的女儿想戴头巾，那对她来说不会有问题，也不会被认为是奇怪的事情。”
吉赛尔·费特曼 (Gisele Fetterman) 与同样居住在匹兹堡的萨法·博哈里 (Safaaa Bokhari) 合作，为娃娃提供手工制作的头巾作为配饰。
博卡里和她的朋友吉赛尔·费特曼都有5岁的女儿，她们都喜欢玩娃娃。
费特曼想出了一个主意，制作一种娃娃大小的头巾，孩子们可以在玩耍时佩戴，销售所得将捐给慈善机构。
博卡里表示她支持这个项目。
“我非常高兴，因为你知道，如果你害怕，你就无法发挥创造力，”她告诉《赫芬顿邮报》。
博哈里和费特曼在匹兹堡找到了一位能制作头巾的穆斯林裁缝。两位母亲还制作了一张教育卡片，解释头巾对佩戴它的穆斯林女性的意义，以及庆祝多元化的重要性。
从4月1日起，Hello Hijab头巾将在For Good PGH网站上发售，售价6美元。这些头巾有多种颜色和图案可供选择。部分头巾将采用穆斯林女性捐赠的旧头巾制成。
费特曼表示，所有收益将100%捐赠给匹兹堡伊斯兰中心和美国公民自由联盟等组织。
费特曼希望这款产品能惠及不同背景的儿童。她的梦想是，每所拥有玩偶的学校和日托中心都能拥有一款穆斯林女性形象的玩偶。
“我希望小女孩们能从这些娃娃身上看到她们的妈妈，希望全世界的孩子们都能玩这些娃娃。我希望美国的孩子们能熟悉头巾，”费特曼说。
克里斯汀·迈克尔斯/For Good PGH
这是每款娃娃头巾都会附带的教育卡片的样本。
2013年，博哈里初次从沙特阿拉伯来到美国时，身穿罩袍（一种宽松的全身长袍）、头巾和遮住脸部的面纱。她说，她的宗教服饰引来陌生人的注视和负面评论。
2016年，博哈里选择不再穿罩袍，而是在长袖衬衫和牛仔裤等衣物外戴头巾。但她对歧视的恐惧依然存在。
“现在连围巾都成了问题，”博哈里说。“说实话，我一直都感到害怕。”
Safaa Bokhari（左）和 Gisele Fetterman 于 2017 年 3 月 6 日星期一在 Fetterman 家中会面，讨论他们的联合倡议“Hello Hijab”的计划。
头巾远不止是一件配饰——它更是一种精神象征，体现了穆斯林与世界互动的方式。尽管这一切很难用“你好，头巾”（Hello Hijab）来展现，但博哈里表示她并不介意。
“如果它能达到我希望女儿达到的目标，我就很满意了，”她说。“这个项目的理念就是让人们习惯戴头巾，这样女性佩戴头巾就会更容易。”
克里斯汀·迈克尔斯/For Good 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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