comment. I agree with all what you said, but I’m afraid some are generalizing, i.e. they say: because some wear hijab for wrong reasons, hijab is not right.
As you said,

it’s their choice, and for whatever reason they wore it, let it be between them and God, and let us mind our own business.

Kinzi, good to hear from you too.I totally

understand your question dear. I believe the role selection will be a very personal issue, no one can predict what they’ll be choosing from now on. But what I can say is that

wearing hijab will limit the roles to the ones with the veil on, and this does not mean playing only religious roles or good roles, because veiled women are people in the end

of the day, they have many personalities among them, they can play roles of any profession that does not contradict wearing hijab, let it be a good character or a bad one.

And I think this will open the door to more craetivity in the Arab film industry.

Nas, thanks my friend. This is exactly what people don’t want to understand, that Hijab

doesn’t stand for a piece of cloth, it’s a whole way of living.
And I hope one day the world will finally understand that wearing hijab is not the end of a balanced

productive life, it’s exactly the opposite.

Rim, thanks for the comment. It’s because we tend to judge people by what they wear that we need to make it clear that one

of the reasons hijab exists is to prevent women from being judged by their looks.
I do agree with you however, that an actress’ choice of appearing however she wants is

a personal issue we should not interfer with.
I do understand your point on the images people represent, and I do agree that wearing hijab will limit the choice to less

roles, but it doesn’t mean a woman wearing hijab can’t act. There are millions of roles she can act, maybe not a prostitute or a dancer, but many other things that do not

require her to take off her hijab. And I’m sure that when the actresses wore hijab they knew in advance that their roles will be limited and that they were ok with that and

are heading to a new challenge to surprise us with more craetivity and a whole different level of acting.

women or not, wether it has legitimacy or not as some comments has done as we continue to do in our media and daily life. We tend to judge people on what they wear or

what they don’t wear.
What I believe is that an actress has the freedom to appear half naked as well as to wear hijab. We shall not judge the first one as much as we

do’nt want the second one to be juged.
But still we need to make a difference between the person behind the role and the public image of that person. These people sell

images and images have meanings and connotations. I am not saying this to make a comparison with women wearing Hijab but for example women presenting TV news

can’t wear Tshirts and jeans or shorts because they are young for example because they have an image to vehiculate. Also if you get to talk to actors and actresses, you’ll

find that some do exclusively comedy role, others are always play boys, business men or innocent girl and that is because they way they look, hence i belive that women who

choose to wear hijab also restrain themselves to some kind of roles and that is just normal. They also have to accept it and assume the image they vehiculate to their public

because THEY ARE PUBLIC!

i absolutely love how people will come and say “hijab is not mentioned in the quran and

therefore not a requirement”, instantly destroying something which has been agreed upon since the Prophet pbuh himself to Ibn Abbas till today.

also people tend to

equate hijab with a simple headscarf. this is not the purpose of it. the hijab is a way of dressing modestly, it is a way of thinking, and it is a mindset. and it isn’t exclusive to

a single magical piece of cloth. And it’s not only backed up by the Quran but also the Sunnah.

and as for these celebrities…it’s their own business why they do it. if

people really want to know whether they do it for fame or for religion, well how they live their life henceforth is a good reflection of that. if they wear the hijab and go make

a porno (an extreme example for purposes of making a point) then it’s a bit obvious what the purpose is/was.

i think people feel that when a Muslim actress wears

the hijab its suddenly the end of her career. because of course wearing the hijab renders a women incapable of thinking or working or doing anything else other than

praying.

sigh

so in awhile, good to see your post. What I wonder is, will these ladies only take roles where they can wear the hijab? Is it such a matter of conscience that it will remain on

and they only choose characters whose behaviour mirrors the status quo for covered ones? I don’t know, just curious.

as a way to stay in the light and add more fame. Whatever they do, it’s their own choice
Now, I also believe that there is a wave of “Islamization” that is swooping over

our societies. The reasons are many, one of which is the failure of Arab Nationalism of producing any valid results and people seeking identity and more likely as a way of

silently protesting our position among the world nation. And on very small select cases just shear backwardness and closed mindedness. Totally the opposite of what the

religion is

Anyway, Great post … keep them up