A Different Perspective :)

Halloween this year was a little different from years past.

The day before Halloween, some friends and I decided to go grocery shopping. At a local mall. In a full Niqab. 

What's a niqab? A niqab is a veil or cloth that cover's a woman's entire face, except for her eyes. It is usually worn with an abaya, a long robe-like dress that covers the body. Most women that wear niqab's are from Saudi Arabia and other Arabian Gulf countries.  Here is a picture of me wearing it....I'm smiling, can't you tell? ;)

We felt like completely different people wearing it! I felt freedom because no one looked at me because I was a foreign girl....nobody COULD see me! But I also felt restricted. Even a little clausterphobic. No one could see me. No one knew who I was. My identity was gone. It wasn't "true" freedom. 

Plus it was reallllly hard to read food labels when you have a veil over your eyes! I bumped into something on more than one occasion.

Needless to say, It was interesting experience, that gave me lots of perspective. :)