“In the end antiblack, antifemale, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing - antihumanism.”
Shirley Chisholm
by permission
by Nimah Muwakil Zakuri
Being a young, African, muslim woman anywhere on the planet is difficult. But never for one moment did I imagine that my pelau loving self would have had to go through what I did right here in the Caribbean.
The Museums Association of the Caribbean held its Annual General Meeting in Antigua this year and after three days of what I thought was a fairly successful encounter of museum professionals from across the region, I was faced with an Airport Supervisor who basically told me that I could not leave his country unless and until I removed my “scarf”, in reference to my khimar which everyone now knows as hijab.
When I refused and looked at all of them like they were going mad another officer jumped in and said that it’s the law and that they do this to other muslims and sheikhs and even nuns. They all “complied” so why was I making such a fuss about it?
Shirley Chisholm
by permission
Antigua – “The beach is just the beginning…” (of a truly sad story)
Being a young, African, muslim woman anywhere on the planet is difficult. But never for one moment did I imagine that my pelau loving self would have had to go through what I did right here in the Caribbean.
The Museums Association of the Caribbean held its Annual General Meeting in Antigua this year and after three days of what I thought was a fairly successful encounter of museum professionals from across the region, I was faced with an Airport Supervisor who basically told me that I could not leave his country unless and until I removed my “scarf”, in reference to my khimar which everyone now knows as hijab.
When I refused and looked at all of them like they were going mad another officer jumped in and said that it’s the law and that they do this to other muslims and sheikhs and even nuns. They all “complied” so why was I making such a fuss about it?
