I will wear my scarf.
I will cover my hair. Does my hair make me any less Muslim?
Black, non straight, Black, curly hair.
I am still a Muslim.
My skin color.
Black, non white, Black, non eastern.
I am still a Muslim.
I can hide my hair but not my skin.
My skin color, my hair texture, my use of the scarf does not decode my faith.
But.
I am judged, catergorized, and faced with the daily pain of being questioned.
But I have learned to show my hair in the face of questioning eyes.
Show my skin color in the look of outcasting glances.
I am Black.
I am Muslim.
I am Ayesha.
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