These Muslim girls’ yearbook quotes are a whole new level of sassy

[Jazzy]

It can be difficult to *hair flick* while wearing a hijab.

To make up for it, these hilarious Muslim girls cranked up the sass factor of their boring yearbooks with some epic quotes.

Females of Islam often get a rough ride in the media and on TV, being portrayed as subservient bordering on oppressed.

But most of these students slayed that prejudice with a couple of sentences jam-packed with attitude.

So, with props to Ainee Fatima at Brown Girl Magazine, we bring you the badass best of the bunch,

Source

The Voldemort one wins hands down, but they are all brilliant and the photos are gorgeous.

Your thoughts?

 

[DrLeftover]

Those appear to be all Western photos, chiefly because such things aren't done in places like Saudi Arabia.

I also find it odd how in the article they neglect to mention how many young women in the Islamic world NEVER even get to go to high school. In fact, even attempting to do so in several countries will turn out badly for them.

And the clincher?

From the page cited above.

Ainee Fatima is a nationally recognized spoken word artist with a B.A. in Islamic World Studies from DePaul University. Her work deals with Islamic feminism, interfaith dialogue, and diplomacy.

She does so, from Chicago.
http://www.browngirlmagazine.com/2014/01/meet-staff-ainee-fatima/