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It is, i am told, the Islamic Call to Prayer.
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Do I get what wearing the hijab is about? Egyptian Eyes told me, in somewhat legalistic terms, and I’m not sure I got it. But I did notice my attention being relentlessly drawn to her eyes. I was afraid to tell her how beautiful she is. I was afraid of causing friction between her and Allah. But she was disappointed with a picture another photographer had taken of her. She’s devout, not blind. If the eyes are the window to the soul, does the hijab focus attention on the profound?
Part of Islam Awareness Week sponsored by the Harvard Islamic Society.
1Well, Joe it sure ain’t easy, especially trying to learn it as an old guy. I had ISO set all the way up from the night before. Hence much of the noise. More serious, I didn’t know what I had until later. I could not have gotten a close-up of the young man. I tried, but he had finished the adhan. But, as you can see I was near the women. A moment’s thought and I would have had something more than spectacular. But then perhaps it was not meant to be.
