By Zineb (Morocco)
I wore hijab for the first time in the seventh grade and I have been wearing it ever since. It only took that one deciding moment to impact my personality so deeply that I vowed never to take it off. Even so, growing up and especially going to high school to see most girls all dolled up with perfectly done hair, obviously looking pretty, made me feel kinda’ weird. At that age (seventeen), it seemed as if it’s all that mattered or there was nothing more to life than a pretty face and beautiful hair. But I decided to hold my head high and feel proud at my decision of covering up.
I still get tempted by the society even at twenty-one. I recently went for a job interview and they literally told me to take off my hijab to get the place that I rightfully deserved. My point is that there is NO job in this whole wide world that I would take off my Hijab for. I have been through a lot, from temptations to hardships but I am determined as ever to face up to all the tests that will come my way in the future. Because I believe that it’s NOT just a covering, it is actually our key to Jannah (Paradise). In Sha Allah (God-willingly).