Life Magazine's Top 50 Photos of 2009
I am enveloped in a sea of white,
The scarf, neatly tucked underneath my chin.
I am faceless and nameless,
My eyes, black slits, my windows to the world.
I walk through the busy streets.
My beauty a mystery,
My feelings invisible, just like I am.
But in my silence there is strength,
My veil is my honour and my identity,
It is my inheritence,
The legacy of my ancestors.
It liberates me because I am unknown,
It stifles me because I remain unknown.
It is not shame or fear that makes me look down,
But prayers, my eyes closed and head bent
As I hear the familiar call to The All Merciful,
Ringing in this land of Seven Sands,
A land I call my home.
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