One day in Cairo in a niqab

I spent one day in Cairo wearing a niqab (some of you may call it burka!) - definitely an interesting experience.

***note*** when I say I didn't want to get in trouble if discovered under my niqab, it's because after the Egyptian Revolution there was a period of paranoia when all the foreigners were suspected of being spies... if you don't know about this it's because you're not a foreigner and didn't have to escape your flat ;) So stop bitching. Cheers.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Egypt
• Cairo
• burka
• burqa
• niqab
• Islam
• Muslim

[jennabug121]

Are you from Europe? Because you sound French or something.

[RTWgiulia]

@jennabug121 yes, I am Italian!

[jennabug121]

@RTWgiulia Ohhhhh because I knew you sounded European, I'm half Italian! :D Good project though, I've wanted to do something similar except mine would be the opposite of this and I'd see how people would treat me differently because of niqab since I live in America.

[RTWgiulia]

@jennabug121 That would be really interesting! I am planning to do it again when I go back to Cairo, I will be more relaxed and I have a better camera now...

Well I tell you I am pretty sure you'll get a lot of attention! While in the Middle East, it's the complete opposite. It's a strange world :)

[meryem885]

To be honest, you only show how annoying it is, how you can not eat, you can not breath.

But the woman who wear this dont even think about this, its something to please Allah. Fasting is also difficult, but also something to show how much you love Allah and in how far you want to go by pleasing Him.

[twilightegyptianfan]

i couldn' watch the rest i kept skiping since you said (oh, i'll be in trubles) who will truble you ma'm? egyptians are very kind people and simply they don't care what you do ..

2nd: who cares what YOU think about niqab .. that wasn't an experianse .. you already made up your mind and you were acting from there ..

since you are not even a muslim you won't ever get it ..

if niqap is really hard like you say .. why you don't think why milions are wearing it?

never thought about that?

[hijabiqueen1]

hi

i m muslim and i wear hijab and abaya and i am half italian i dont wear niqab but you should not have been scared anyone can be muslim if they heard you speak they would presume you were a convert which is a good thing so they would have been happy :)

i think niqab is pretty but the eating troubles liik tricky :)

[jennabug121]

@RTWgiulia yea, there are alot of women who wear the hijab in my area but not many niqabi women although I have seen a few

[SuperCupcake001]

nice video

and yes wearing nikab is optional in islam

u may had felt hot and u couldn't bear it because u r not used to were it and u r not used to the weather

but its nice from u to are about muslim women who were nikab.



[greenmuslimah]

i appreciate the fact that you went and tried the niqab and respected it :) it can be hard at first and especially if u are not used to it. i understand that u were feeling hot but if u would have worn top or t-shirt under the abaya it might have been easier ;) thanks for not smoking with niqab :D

[lozabatata1]

I've been wearing niqab for three years and I got used to it...now I can eat a big meal in a luxurious restaurant faster than my husband (he's a slow eater)...and I can drink juice without a straw . It's easy I just raise the niqab from the side not from the front. And for normal breathing I buy lighter fabrics...but I had the same problems that you mentioned at first.