Stop Asking If I’m Hot in My Hijab

Your curiosity is offensive

I don’t really know what to say. When it’s 30 degrees Celsius, aren’t you hot in that T-shirt? Photo: Retha Ferguson/Pexels

I remember when I came to school wearing a hijab for the first time. A scarf, a simple piece of cloth wrapped around my head, caused people to react very strangely.

“Ermm, you look… kinda different.”

Yes, Sherlock, I’ve realized that too. When another classmate sits down in a ridiculous new puffy bomber…