Convert Photo Essay - Convert 1 - Part 2 02/20/2010
 As we near her home, I notice her take out a pin from her hijab. I figure she’s just getting comfortable and I look away... I look back and her hijab is pulled down and wrapped around her neck like a normal winter scarf. I can’t show this photo for obvious reasons. I had forgotten the situation with her family at home.  We reach her home, enter and are greeted by her mom and her rabidly barking dog. She exchanges a few words with her mom before openly saying “My mom’s angry at me.” She later tells me that they had an argument: her mom was driving her to work, which she was late for, and protested the idea of picking up a friend on the way. Although religion was never brought up in the argument, she feels one of the reasons her mom acted this way was because the friend was Muslim.  Usually she’s at school, at work, or with friends. But when she’s at home she spends most of her time in her room. I ask her: “do you think that your religion brought you closer to God but further from your family?”. She pauses to think. “I guess. Yeah, I do, sadly. I never regret it. They [referring to her family] are never going to think like I think. They just can’t get it.” She tells me her dreams of living in a house with other Muslims; a common dream espoused by many converts. She longs to constantly be around others who share a similar lifestyle and belief. She feels that a surrounding like this would help her grow in faith.  Regardless of where she’s currently living, she has still managed to come a long way in her faith. There are things in her life she is not completely happy about, as is the case with any person, but she tries constantly to be grateful for the many good things she has. This is her life as a convert. CommentsMusab Qureshi 02/21/2010 18:22
Inspiring stuff- great job! Sadia 02/24/2010 14:22
This is beautiful work!! Mashallah! <3 Leave a Reply |
