tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305888946584866654.post6602274414830766462..comments2024-03-18T18:33:59.080-07:00Comments on The Left Chapter: Islamophobia, the niqab and dog-whistle racism in the Canadian electionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305888946584866654.post-23459125927380799072015-10-06T09:57:36.258-07:002015-10-06T09:57:36.258-07:00I disagree with media commentators and some activi...I disagree with media commentators and some activists within the Muslim community who say that niqab is a non-issue. It is a real issue for those women who choose to wear it on a daily basis. These women face numerous challenges / obstacles / hostilities / and even acts of violence as they seek to go about their daily lives in peace. Yes, Harper and his xenophobic supporters are using the question of niqab as a wedge issue in the election campaign, but that does not take away from the fact that for those niqabis their niqab is an important part of who they are and how they wish to present themselves to the world. If people don't like it then whose problem is that?The Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04634448242519843120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305888946584866654.post-2491247307605305562015-10-06T08:09:28.181-07:002015-10-06T08:09:28.181-07:00A poem for niqabi harper.
'Lose some sleep...A poem for niqabi harper.<br /><br />'Lose some sleep'<br /><br />Losing sleep over my<br />black silk niqab, harper<br /><br />try to lose it over<br />missing murdered red<br />brown women<br />of this fast-fracking<br />land, harper<br /><br />Losing sleep over my<br />black silk niqab, harper<br /><br />Lose it over<br />homeless jobless<br />multicoloured people<br />of your C51-aspiring<br />brand, harper<br /><br />Losing sleep over my<br />black silk niqab, harper<br /><br />Lose it over<br />spilled oil minimum wage<br />toil poisoned soil<br />of your tarsands-producing<br />wasteland, harper<br /><br />By morning<br />perhaps we’ll see the<br />bright BARE face<br />of a composite order for a<br />national inquiry just economy<br />sustainable development<br />UN-VEIL<br />and<br />RE-VEAL<br />itself on the<br />parliament hill<br />in your soft pink<br />hand, harper.<br />A not-for-profit<br />stand, harper.<br /><br />https://gandholi.wordpress.com/2015/03/16/lose-some-sleep-by-fauzia-rafique/<br />..Fauzia Rafiquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17068970543646239021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4305888946584866654.post-19020358007226734882015-10-06T02:52:03.579-07:002015-10-06T02:52:03.579-07:00Pontificate?Pontificate?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01431639870276163624noreply@blogger.com