UnNews:The new looks sweeping the Muslim world
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7 January 2013
LaWhore, Pakistan -- Ever since Americans started to take an interest in Muslims in September 2001, one of the issues that has caused much debate is the Muslim attitude to women, represented by the custom of wearing some form of headscarf.
That may be about to change.
In the past, the niqab, which covers most of the face, was the headscarf most widely criticsed by Westerners. A new website, NiqabiParty seeks to offer a product which tries to please both sides: it preserves the necessary humility of the Niqab wearer (or Niqabi) but leavens its severity by incorporating images or facial features as part of the design.
"The idea is really very simple, please," says site founder Amir Khan. "Niqabis are women who are not feeling comfortable showing their face in public, but this is creating distance between them and people from other cultures, please.
"Our niqabs are working to remind the White man that these are women with faces. Strong women. Funny women. Intelligent women. Maybe ugly women too, I don't know. But above all, women, please."
The company began life in 2012, and has the US government to thank for its inspiration. Khan explains, "It all started when several female members of my family were killed in a drone attack, please. When I was clearing out their houses, I was coming across all these niqabs.[1]
"To get myself through the grief, I decided to start stitching things on them, to cheer me up, please. One day, my wife was seeing one of my finished niqabs and loved it. I was a bit dumbfounded at first - but then when she put it on, I realised it transformed the black lower part of her face into something fair and lovely, please."
Khan soon began to sell the niqabs in local markets and trade fairs, and business boomed so much so that he created the website to cater for international demand: "Many of our sisters [2] in the United States are wanting a design featuring the American flag. Apparently they are thinking it will help them get punched less by men with red necks, please.
"I am telling them, And the good thing is, if Obama does anything bad, you can rip the little flag off your face and burn it!
"Actually, could you not quote me on that last bit, please?"
The Stars and Stripes niqab is one of the best sellers on the site, and wanting to blend in with Americans or burn their flag are not the only reasons. One user left a comment on the product page stating, "My husband told me he wanted to know what it felt like to have sex with a real American woman. Now I can wear this to bed and give him the authentic sensation please!"
This element, that of the burgeoning sexuality of niqabi women, is also present in another top seller, the Kiss Kiss niqab, pictured left.
Conservative Muslim clerics have spoken out against some of the racier designs, but judging by some posts on the website, it may help to build bridges between people of different backgrounds.
Jason, 27, from Kansas, wrote, "Dude I have always wanted to like nail one of those Iraqi girls and I am gonna introduce those slutty lips to Freedom and Democracy. That's what I call my balls."
