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girl hold on what if i DID post this muslim au
omg hi <3
pls explain muslim palestinian dean i need to know ur reasoning. im fascinated pls pls pls
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so: my secret spn in my head where every single character is a person of color. john is still a white vietnam vet cuz i think thats important to his character but maryam is the american born daughter of palestinian refugees who left during al nakba. maryam was pretty invested in assimilating (hence white vietnam veteran husband and naming her children Sam and Dean) but she Was muslim and her first language Was arabic and that Did leave a mark on dean but not sam bc he was a baby when she died.
so sam grows up never having known anything abt his heritage and so there’s never any comfort for him in it it doesn’t feel like home to him you know? and that’s part of the mythologization of maryam that dean buys into it more completely than sam. so when sam leaves home he tries to find comfort in american protestantism he does genuinely have faith but it isn’t a faith that comes from family it comes from trying to assimilate in a culture/religion that will literally never accept him because he’s arab (and also, like, half demon)
whereas dean doesnt actually BELIEVE in god but he does still remember the prayers that maryam used to say before he went to sleep he remembers the way she’d say bismillah before she ate or subhanallah when something good happened. and this is sort of a way that he connects w her. even though he doesnt really know or understand islam it’s still something sacred to him specifically because it belonged to maryam. like he doesnt read the quran and he doesnt avoid pork or alcohol bc he’s also trying really hard to emulate john’s ideal of white masculinity (which he will never reach because he’s a man of color) but he does privately identify w islam in a way that is reverential to his mother
and i picked palestine specifically bc im projecting all this is relevant to the palestinian diaspora. the cultural disconnect broadly but also specifically the sense of homesickness for a home that doesnt really exist anymore because of colonization. and that re: sam and dean both wanting to settle down wanting to have a home (they want it in different ways but they both want Something) even though...they dont have anything to go back to!
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hello, i saw your post about muslim rep in books, and i have a couple questions about how to best represent the muslim character in my book, if that's alright. first of all; i looked up prayer times and it listed 1 am and 4:30 am both as prayer times. does that mean that you set an alarm to wake up at that time? is there anything that you have to do if you miss a prayer session? second, do muslim men have to cover their hair as well? and do muslim men fast as well as women? thank you!!!
Hey, of course you can! I’ll answer this point by point
Muslims pray 5 times a day: Fajr, Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib, and Isha. This is about the position of the sun and so the time will change depending on where your book is set, i.e muslim prayer times in canada. Fajr is the one that’s in the early morning, and yes we do set alarms to wake up for it! Unless you have terrible habits like me and end up staying up until fajr dhdf. If you miss a session, that depends on a lot and differs from people to people. According to what I know, if you intentionally skip a prayer, there’s nothing you can do about that. But if you forgot, or sleep through it, or otherwise somehow miss it by accident, you can make it up at a later time (just pray like you normally do, but acknowledge that this is to make up your missed prayer from earlier).
No muslim men do not have to cover their hair (if you’re thinking of a ghutrah or keffiyeh, that’s part of Arab men’s traditional clothes, but i’m not Arab so I can’t tell you much about that)
And yes muslim men fast as well! The only people who don’t fast (aside from children) are those who are sick or elderly i.e unable to fast for health reasons, and people who are menstruating (as in during menstruation)
hope that helped!! <3
Shout-out to girls with hijab that doesn’t look like they belong on the street style blogs, shout-out to girls with hijab that are not fashionistas, shout-out to girls with hijab that doesn’t have strong eyeliner game, shout-out to girls with hijab that doesn’t wear any makeup, shout-out to plus sized girls with hijab that feels like no hijab suits your face shape, shout-out to girls with hijab that gets catcalled on the street despite the coverings, shout-out to girls with hijab that have to remove so many pins when they’re shopping for clothes, shout-out to girls with hijab that are having a bad hijab day where everything is wrong and you feel like you just look plain messy, y'all look beautiful today. Thanks.
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Dark Academia // Hijabi Dark Academia (ii)
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inspired by the preexisting but somewhat lesser known references to S&SEA culture in avatar’s worldbuilding, i wanted to showcase a few of the many outfits that originate from this diverse region that i’m proud to be from! i’m still no expert, but learning more and drawing this has made me so joyful and appreciative of our cultures 😌
more on writing muslim characters from a hijabi muslim girl
- hijabis get really excited over pretty scarves - they also like to collect pins and brooches - we get asked a lot of questions and it can be annoying or it can be amusing, just depends on our mood and personality and how the question is phrased - common questions include: - “not even water?” (referring to fasting) - hijabis hear a lot of “do you sleep in that?” (we don’t) and “where is your hair?” (in a bun or a braid, usually) - “is it mooze-slim or mozzlem?” (the answer is neither, it’s muslim, with a soft s and accent on the first syllable) - “ee-slam or iz-lamb?” (it’s iss-laam, accent on the first syllable) - “hee-job?” (heh-jahb, accent on the second syllable)
- “kor-an?” (no. quran. say it like koor-annn, accent on the second syllable) - people tend to mess up our names really badly and you just get a sigh and a resigned nod or an awkward smile, maybe a nickname instead - long hair is easy to hide, short hair is harder to wrap up - hijab isn’t just covering hair, it’s also showing as little skin as possible with the exception of face, hands, and feet, and not wearing tight/sheer clothing - that applies to men too, people just don’t like to mention it ( i wonder why) - henna/mehendi isn’t just for special occasions, you’ll see people wearing it for fun - henna/mehendi isn’t just for muslims, either, it’s not a religious thing - henna/mehendi is not just for women, men also wear it, especially on their weddings - there are big mehendi parties in the couple of nights before eid where people (usually just women and kids) gather and do each other’s mehendi, usually just hands and feet - five daily prayers - most muslim kids can stutter through a couple verses of quran in the original arabic text by the age of seven or eight, it does not matter where they live or where they’re from or what language they speak natively - muslim families tend to have multiple copies of the quran - there are no “versions” of the quran, there has only ever been one. all muslims follow the exact same book - muslims have no concept of taking God’s name in vain, we call on God at every little inconvenience - don’t use islamic phrases if you don’t know what they mean or how to use them. we use them often, inside and outside of religious settings. in islam, it is encouraged to mention God often and we say these things very casually, but we take them very seriously - Allahu Akbar means “God is Greatest” (often said when something shocks or surprises us, or if we’re scared or daunted, or when something amazing happens, whether it be good or bad; it’s like saying “oh my god”) - Subhan Allah means “Glory be to God” (i say subhan Allah at the sky, at babies, at trees, whatever strikes me as pleasant, especially if it’s in nature) - Bismillah means “in the name of God” and it’s just something you say before you start something like eating or doing your homework - In Shaa Allah means “if God wills” (example: you’ll be famous, in shaa Allah) (it’s a reminder that the future is in God’s hands, so be humble and be hopeful)
- Astaghfirullah means “i seek forgiveness from Allah” and it’s like “god forgive me” - Alhamdulillah means “all thanks and praise belong to God” and it’s just a little bit more serious than saying “thank god” (example: i passed my exams, alhamdulillah; i made it home okay, alhamdulillah) - when i say we use them casually, i really mean it - teacher forgot to assign homework? Alhamdulillah - our version of “amen” is “ameen” - muslims greet each other with “assalamu alaikum” which just means “peace be on you” and it’s like saying hi - the proper response is “walaikum assalam” which means “and on you be peace” and it’s like saying “you too”
As a Muslim this post is so very important and it makes me so happy that it gives the small facts and details that one might be unaware of or confused about.
I’ve reblogged it before but honestly this fucking post touches me so much. To see how intrinsic Allah is to followers of Islam and how ingrained He is in their daily lives is so beautiful.
Also, can we just talk about the fact that there aren’t like 100 different versions of the Quran? Because I didn’t know that and that legit AMAZES me.
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Reblogging this again because I am sure some of my writer followers can use it and it’s been a while ;).
Muslim here! Just wanted to add a couple of things:
- If you want to write mostly irreligious young adult Muslims, it would be humorous to make them literally follow nothing about the religion except making them very averse to eating pork cuz it’s haraam. You have no idea how many Muslims I know who’ll party, get drunk, smoke weed, and engage in, ahem, certain activities, but the one thing they’ll refuse is to eat pork.
- While it’s true that we are very loose with the way we mention God at nearly every occasion, we never make fun of the Prophets, God, or generally the religion. We take the sanctity of the religion and its figures very seriously because it’s blasphemy to insult them. I’ve found it’s very different from the attitude that most Christians and christianized atheists have on their religion / the religion they were raised around (easily making fun of Jesus, the concept of God, making jokes like “snow is god’s c*m”)
- People get surprised when a non-hijabi girl tells them she’s very devout and practices often, Muslim and non-Muslim alike.
- Aunties are nosy and gossip way too much, even though that’s a sin.
- Most Muslims believe in djinn because it’s part of our religion, but this belief oftentimes seems or looks to border on superstition, and a common activity amongst Muslim kids, especially cousins, is to tell djinn stories like ghost stories.
- Also, there is no ‘Muslim food’, we are 1.8 billion people that come from different cultural backgrounds with different food and culinary culture, and we all eat things that are more or less similar, so the dietary habits of the character(s) you’re writing will depend on their cultural heritage(s) instead of their religion.
absolutely the best addition to this post (hi, it’s OP)! thank you!!
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someone asked me the other day, "why do you want to be butch? and like, why do hijabi women need a space for butches? isn't the point of the hijab to be feminine?" and it's crazy that I haven't really thought about it before, but here are my thoughts:
back when I was forced to used to dress more feminine, I always felt so bulky and large and out of place. even being a five foot tall, more on the curvy side person—which are things largely associated with femininity—I could never feel comfortable with what I wore. I always felt pressure to make myself cute and small and adorable, but I always had to put in the extra effort.
but the thing is, when I started dressing more butch, I still felt that pressure to be more than I was. I went out of my way to buy mens pants and lift every single day, and I had anxiety attacks whenever I noticed my arms weren't as muscular as I wanted, or that my breasts + hips were still there, or when I wanted to wear my hijab and it just "ruined" the whole butch look. I didn't fit the butch stereotype you might see in the media of a skinny, muscular, broad shouldered white woman with small hips, and that was devestating to me.
in the past year or so, I've finally learned how to dress in a way that feels like me, and while I don't put an exact label on it, butchness is something I feel more comfortable with. hijabi butches aren't very commonly seen, but we exist, and we want validation and acceptance just as much as anyone else.
wearing the hijab doesn't make me femme, and believing that it does is just what the white-washed media is telling you. hijabi women come in all shapes and sizes, and aren't just skinny femmes who wear cardigans and floral leggings or floor length dresses (though don't get me wrong, that's freaking adorable). hijabis who wear button down and mens trousers exist, who wear waistcoats and blazers exist. don't generalise.
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My first thought when I saw this shot from My Hero Academia was “oh sweet is that girl wearing a hijab? I didn’t know that there were Muslim characters in this show!!! :D”
Unfortunately, that’s just what her hair looks like from the back.
But I’m an artist, and I have the power to create what I wish to see in the world!
And then I went ahead and colored her superhero outfit. Here’s a comparison!
Of course she’s a wonderful character with a delightful design either way, but I still enjoy thinking about my interpretation of her character based on my first impressions. Who knows, maybe one day I’ll make a show of my own with a character like this!
Sisters part 2🧡💙🧡 I’m glad my sight isn’t clouded by prejudices I’m glad I can see the sheer and diverse beauty in us.
eid mubarak to everyone who's celebrating today!