Most people don't know this: the hijab was just the result of a bad-hair day.
An Arab woman, let's call her Leila, was running late, there were no hair straighteners in those days [& have you seen untamed Arab hair????], she sees a piece of cloth & thinks, " that'll do!", throws it over herself & goes about her business.
Her Arab sisters, ever the followers of fashion, think, "Hey! Leila's onto something here!". So they follow suit, or hijab in this case.....
Then - years later, it is appropriated by the Muslims.
Many things have been appropriated from the Arabs. We don't much mind, it's the fact that we're never asked that pisses us off.
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