Random #2

I saw this trend to search your name in urbandictionary. So I did mine, LOL.

The only part that I can relate is “Hannah tends to be single, because they often seen as boring.”

Yeah that sums up me perfectly 😂😂

Book Review: The Tudung Anthology

It’s been a long time since I review a book before. But this anthology, I really want to review and recommend it. And yeah, several people asked me to do a review about it.. so.. here we goes.

I did review this book on my instagram, but that’s just a brief review. It does not give this book a justice.

This is an anthology, collection of essays/stories from various writers regarding this piece of cloth we called “tudung”. I bought this book at Popular Bookstore, the price is RM20, if you have the member card, you will get a 20% discount, that you only need to pay RM18. 

I was interested to buy it because before this I had saw an advertisement by Matahari Books to invite writers who had a story to tell or share about “tudung” can send it to them, if selected will be featured on this anthology. I was about to write mine, but then I’m insecure about my english lol. So anyway, when I saw this on a bookstore, I had to buy it!!

Warned: This is not a religious book.

I loved almost every story written here. I somehow can relate to the story told, either because I had experienced it or I saw it happened in front of my eyes. Or some incidents that my friends told me. I want to highlight some of the story here by several writers.

A story shared by an anonymous made me feel  sad, because I also had a friend who didn’t wear the hijab and still perform her prayers. It’s during my foundation years, where my friends and I usually performed our zuhur prayer at a university’s mosque. One day when we entered, a man passed by, and he scold one of my friends because she didn’t cover her hair to enter into a mosque. And I was WTH?? I made a fuss about it after the incident, but my friend who got scold didn’t even bother about it. And I never admired her more since. A muslim has a right to perform prayer at a mosque, who are you to judge just because the person sin differently than yours?

Unveiled by Raja Ummi Nadrah is an example of our society who like to judge and harrass people just because we behaved/dressed differently. I met a lot of men and women who have this kind of mentality. Pity.

The Hijabilantes by Masawi Mustaza captured a beautiful metaphore about organisation who helped a lot of women in distress, either being abused by their husbands etc. It reminded me of the good deeds from the NGO Sister in Islam (SIS) in helping women in Malaysia. Whatever dispproval you have with SIS, one couldn’t denied their contributions in helping women in Malaysia and also the empowerment of women. 

I would like to end my review with the quotes from this anthology itself.

“In Islam, this life is a journey. Every day, we try to improve to become a better Muslim” - Much Ado About Tudung, Hezreen

“The tudung remains a symbol of love and devotion to God... The tudung only covers out hair, it shouldn’t ever cover our mind.” - Around The World in 80 Tudungs, Khadijah Khalid.