Collage of Hijab Styles in Syria
This cartoon collage of hijab styles in Syria is so cool! I’ve been wanting to see something like this for a long time, and today I stumbled upon this one. A very good job to the creator and illustrator.
It would be neat to see one of these for many more areas of the world because it really helps to dispel the stereotypes of how women dress in other countries, especially countries that Westerners consider Muslim countries. Maybe I’ll ask the creator to make one illustrating Minnesota, U.S.A. where I live. Even here where most people aren’t Muslim, we have a variety of Muslims and hijab styles. Even for Iran where a headcovering and outer garment of sorts is required to be worn when outside, there is a huge range of looks. It would be neat to show that to the world.
February 24th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
[...] a sense of humor? This cartoon is even praised on a website for buying modest women’s clothing: http://drawn-together-by-modesty.com…yles-in-syria/ The "puppeteer" in the last frame is a self-portrait of the cartoon artist: [...]
February 24th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Regarding the conversation going on in the Pakistan Defence Forum about this “cartoon”, I’m with dabong1 and TruthSeeker. If one reads the context in which the illustrator drew this “cartoon” (on the illustrator’s own blog), one sees that it’s not meant to be a cartoon poking fun. It’s illustrated in cartoon style, but not meant to be poking fun. It’s just showing the different hijab styles that the illustrator sees on the way to work every day. The fact that the piece was realized with cartoon-ish drawings doesn’t make the intention of the piece to be poking fun. I’m a hijabi Muslimah myself, and the thought that this drawing was poking fun never crossed my mind.
Had the puppeteer been a photographer instead of an illustrator, he or she would have perhaps done the same thing but with pictures of real Muslim women.
February 24th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Oh ya, one more thing. If there is any humor in this piece, and I think there is, it’s because it’s true-to-life. The illustrator was just drawing reality, so if it’s funny, it’s because we know it’s true