Being a hijabi was not an easy task for me. I was not sure If I could even continue. But ALHAMDULILLAH I am doing fine till now. :D I started wearing hijab about four and a half years ago. Honestly speaking, the first month is really hard. Specially in a tropical country like Bangladesh. You may feel like your head is on fire :D But once you get used to with it you will be doing fine. <3 So, what you need is patience for whole first month. After that time, you can’t even leave it, even if you want to. :) For those who want to begin wearing hijab, but are confused about whether they will be able to maintain it always, here’s a tip for you. ;) Why don’t you start in the winter? We all love some extra clothes in the winter season! ha ha :D So, it won’t bother you at all. If you start wearing hijab in the beginning of winter, hoping that winter would last for two to three months, you got enough time there to be used to with it. Try it out ladies!
And once you are a hijabi, there’s some things you have to face and which only you will understand. Lol :D They are funny most of the times though. ;) But some times it can be annoying >_<
1. Once you made up your mind about wearing hijab,some people around you will be like: শুরু করবা ভালো কথা, দেইখো আবার, পরে ছেড়ে দিও না!!!
2. And when you start wearing it, there will be some curious people asking if there’s another story behind it. Like if you got engaged or getting married, and if your partner asking for it lol :D
3. I don’t know if it’s true or not, but I heard some “aunty” kind of people couldn’t even look at my pictures, because seeing someone covering her hair gave them so much অশান্তি -_- Can’t remember the dialogue exactly, but I heard it was like : “এমনি গরি বাঁধি রাখসে কেন, সরা এই ছবি, দেখেই গরম লাগতেসে”!!!!!!! No, I wouldn’t try to explain how that felt like, but I’m sure you can guess how it was -_-
4. Some people will be like, “ওকে, হিজাব পড়সো, খুবই ভালো, কিন্তু এতো মেকআপ করে হিজাব পড়ে লাভ কি”??????????? :@
5. Not always the negativity, some people will appreciate you for sure. Some times more than you deserve, and it’s so much that you will eventually feel awkward. -_-
6. Some people will ask for your tips too. Like how do you wear it, where you can buy, blah blah ;) And for the first time in your life you may feel pretty special ^_^
7. This one is pretty awkward. If you need to go some place, where hijabis are not so common, you gonna get the look of seeing an alien from the people around you. :/ They will be like “are you for real??????” :o :o
These all can be hard and awkward sometimes, dealing with negativity and etc., but once you start loving your hijab they are nothing to you. Besides, some people will always appreciate you. :) Be strong, be patient and love yourself first. If you can’t love yourself how can you love hijab????????? ;) :D
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Ayesha Munira Chowdhury
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