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I’m 20 now, and I first started wearing the niqab when I was 10. Why? Because in my family, getting your period basically meant you were no longer a child. You were suddenly a “grown woman” who had to cover up. When I was nine, I was just a kid. I could run around, play, sing, be loud, do whatever kids do. Then I turned ten, got my period, and suddenly everything changed. I was expected to be quiet, stop running around, avoid anything too physically active, and always be mindful of the fact that I was now wearing a niqab. It’s honestly strange how overnight I went from being treated like a child to being expected to behave like a woman. Now I take off the niqab behind my family’s back. I basically live a double life: I wear it in front of them, and take it off when I’m away from them. Legally, I’m not required to wear the niqab, or even the abaya. The problem is what happens inside families. I genuinely believe there should be laws that protect women from being forced into clothing they don’t choose, and that penalize anyone who tries to take away a woman’s right to make decisions about her own clothes and body whether that person is her father, husband, or brother.

Three onions cost 90p. 😳

This is my Dad. He's 100 next Saturday. As a present the government are sending a lady next week to arrange the sale of his bungalow to fund his care. He farmed for 60 years to feed us If @andyburnham wants to fund something closer to home perhaps properly fund elderly care?

If this is the truth then there will be societal collapse.

When I was 13, my father tried to force me to wear the niqab through verbal abuse and beatings. I tried—I tried so hard—to resist him, but unfortunately, I had no one to help me, and I ended up wearing it. My father used to tell me my face was like a donkey’s—ugly and not worth looking at—and that I should cover it. I would retort that, at the very least, a donkey doesn't wear a niqab. When I was 10, I saw a "Tiffany blue" abaya at the market with a funny cat design on it. My father saw me looking at it and asked if I wanted it; I said no, that I didn't like it. He told me he would slit my throat—actually slit it with a knife—if I ever wore it, simply because of the color. My father doesn't care about my prayers or my religious observance; he ignores the true priorities of Islam, focusing only on the niqab—something for which he threatens to kill me. I hate the beach and being there because it reminds me that I am a prisoner of the niqab. While people around me swim, I hate being seen in such a suppressed state; I can’t swim or run because of the niqab, and people laugh and call me "Batman." I experienced suicidal thoughts and crying spells this past July because of the niqab. Seven years of oppression. Seven years without the air touching my face. I am seriously considering ending my life if things continue this way, for what is the value of a life like this? #٢٠٣٠_بلا_نقاب

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Kindergarten requirements for 1954

Using a wallpaper steamer to strip ancient paper. Unintentionally created a steam room indoors. 🥵 #DIY

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what a load of nonsense! 😂

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Cannot get my head around this kind of money. uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/da…

Meth lab in Warwickshire.

This offends me. Womanface.

I was invited to Brown University last night to "talk to students"... but the moment I asked about Charlie Kirk the entire thing got shut down. I have never seen students so terrified to speak. If a conversation like this is not allowed... there is no point in going to college.

Israeli doctors have performed lifesaving heart surgeries on more than 3,000 Palestinian children. This reality ruins a lot of narratives.

Yes. Sick of this business of being charged extra for ad-free TV. 😡

Brillliant … the UKs energy secretary flew to New York, on a jolly paid for by us m, to make a daft tick tock about how we need to pay more tax and fly less to ‘save the planet’ 🤡

What I thought was going to be a REJECTION... ... turns into one of the most INSPIRING conversation I've ever had. 📸