Safiah Hassan Demystifies the Hijab, Talks Ramadan Traditions

WKMS | By Whitney Jones

Published June 27, 2014 at 12:06 PM CDT

As devout Muslims young and old across the country begin a month of fasting today with the start of Ramadan, a 19-year-old Muslim woman from Murray is working to spark discussions about her faith.

Safiah Hassan is starting a campaign called Unveiling the Hijab that aims to break stereotypes about women who wear the headscarf and portray Muslim women as diverse and empowered. (Her campaign is on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter too.)

In this interview she also talks about the controversial Mipsterz video and what it was like growing up in western Kentucky as a Muslim woman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3Nq0NzRrfE

Hassan is currently a student at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Whitney Jones

Whitney grew up listening to Car Talk to and from her family’s beach vacation each year, but it wasn’t until a friend introduced her to This American Life that radio really grabbed her attention. She is a recent graduate from Union University in Jackson, Tenn., where she studied journalism. When she’s not at WKMS, you can find her working on her backyard compost pile and garden, getting lost on her bicycle or crocheting one massive blanket.

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