E11: The Hijabi Struggle | Modern Muslim Identity Crisis w. Jennah Khafeed

The Ansari Podcast: Mahmoud Elansary and Jennah Khafeed, 2 Muslim Americans, discuss dealing with who they are as American Muslims and their Identity crisis. They slightly discuss the N-word and black relations in America. They dig deep into Jennahs own personal journey and they speak about Halima Aden and her experience in the modeling industry, the struggle of wearing the hijab as Muslim woman in America, the journey of the hijab and the recommended mentality to have with it. Experience of taking off the hijab and the mental and emotional struggle behind it. A discussion about Jennahs own personal journey and growth away from and with the Hijab. She speaks about being Muslim in highschool vs College, her decision to take off the hijab and what went on in her mind as she made the decision. Her experience committing common sins while being a Hijabi. People talking behind her back for taking off the Hijab, and the emotional and mental struggles that came taking off the Hijab. Hijabis being viewed as perfect, and she had to find what hijab meant to her.