The struggles of Hijab

In this podcast Mrs Sabeen Iqbal will be addressing her struggles when it came to wearing the hijab; She’s been wearing the hijab for over 20 years now and finally came out to share her stories on how she started to wear it, and how on one occasion she went out to help a woman in the snow and was told to ‘move back’ or she would ‘call the police’. She also goes on to mention how ‘wearing hijab is not being made easy’ and ‘its only going to get harder’ – Tune in and let us know what you think!

 

Audio and words: Raheela Ali

Voice of London

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