London here I come!!!

intro

My name is Seemi and welcome to my blog The Daily Hijab…

I saw the light of life in a small rainy cold country called the Netherlands (aka Hollandistan). Somehow I am convinced that I should have been born in a warm country. Well what can a person do, daddy and mummy decided to live here. So they moved from Pakistan to Hollandistan.

I’ve studied Religious studies and Pedagogy. After my studies I worked as a teacher and have been teaching until last summer. Now I’m in between jobs and studying part-time Islamic theology at the University of Leiden. I always had a passion for religion and kept having this hunger about knowing more and more especially about Islam since I am Muslim and face challenges by living in the West and wanting to practice my religion. In the West the hijab (muslimveil) is symbol for suppression but for me it’s a form of devotion and my liberation.

If I had to give a metaphor to describe myself I would say ‘Just like a Jalebi, sweet and twisted’!!!

This a place where I would like to share parts of my life as a Muslim women, my likes and dislikes, to write about things that interest me like travelling, fashion, religion and all the silly things I come up with…

Love,

Seemi