Iman And Halima Aden Get Real About Islam, Hijabs And Somali Pride
The icon interviewed
Aden, a hijabi taking the fashion world by storm.
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JACKSON / REUTERS
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Supermodel Iman and
up-and-coming model Halima Aden are speaking out about what it means to take
pride in being Muslim women from Somalia, and it’s inspiring.
The Somali-American Aden has taken the fashion world by storm, rocking a hijab while walking the runway at
the most recent New York Fashion Week.
The
19-year-old Aden, who made headlines last year when she wore her hijab and
traditional clothes during the Miss Minnesota USA
pageant, landed the cover of CR Fashion Book on Tuesday.
In the issue, Aden and Iman have a candid conversation about identity and diversity, in which
Aden revealed that for her, wearing her hijab represents “freedom of
choice.”
“A
lot of people have the misconception that, as a Muslim woman, I am somehow against
women wearing bikinis,” Aden told Iman. “No, I want women to feel comfortable
and confident in whatever they wear.”
Iman
shared her own experience as a black Muslim woman who chooses not to wear a
hijab, adding: “I’ve heard all types of critiques—as a Somali girl, as a model,
as a mom, as a Muslim who does not wear a hijab, marrying a white man, my late
husband David Bowie. But you know, I live my truth.”
Both
women agreed that in spite of their differences, and in spite of the current political
climate in Somalia, they both feel an incredible amount of pride in
being from Somalia and in being Muslim women.
Iman
put it best when she said, “I’m always my father’s daughter, and I’ll always be
a Somali girl. And that is the pride that you put in yourself, the pride of
yourself and never lowering your worth. You don’t have to lower yourself.
They’ll meet you where you stand.”
Read
the entire conversation between Iman and Halima Aden at CR Fashion Book.
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