*This article was originally featured on the VCU University Student Commons and Activities blog* For anxious high school seniors across the country, a simple trip to the mailbox will be the start of the next chapter of their lives. While receiving an acceptance to Virginia Commonwealth University is the first step in becoming a Ram, [...]
But while praising the collection, it’s easy to forget that Muslim women have for years been told by Western media that modesty is not fashionable.
When a woman travels, particularly alone -- she is making a statement, one that says that she refuses to be associated with the stereotype of women as fragile and insecure. She is opening herself up to new experiences and opportunities -- she doesn’t travel to escape life, she travels so life doesn’t escape her.
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