#MyHijabIsNotYour: 100 Years of Hijab Fashion in One Minute

 

Fill in the blank: #MyHijabIsNotYour__________

This is the spirit behind MuslimGirl.com’s most recent video depicting a century of hijab styles in the region. The Muslim headdress for women is not a fad, a fetish or a stereotype, they assert. It is one of the most contentious and complicated pieces of clothing that exists, carrying with it the weight of history itself.

“For generations, [the hijab] has been a powerful symbol of Muslim women’s defiance against the male gaze, colonialism, and Islamophobia as we know it today,” they wrote. “It’s also become a politicized garment that represents Muslim women’s control and autonomy, and has been at the center of a tug-of-war between governments and the people for its reclamation.”

See how hijab fashion has evolved over time and place below:

 

 

 

1910s-egypt

 

 

 

1920s-kurdistan

 

 

 

1930s-palestine

 

 

 

1940s-pakistan

 

 

1950s-algeria

 

 

 

1960s-yemen

 

 

 

1970s-iran

 

 

 

1980s-lebanon

 

 

 

1990s-afghanistan

 

 

 

2000s-iraq

 

 

 

2010s-syriaa

 

 

 

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