How can a Muslim women wear her hijab and meet the ridiculous expectations of the European court at the same time? Van Haar (translation: 'Hers' and 'made out of hair') is a project that started in march of 2017, the time of the Dutch elections. at the time it seemed that the populist party, PVV, was going to win the race. They have filled their election program with anti-Islamic statements. With it's biggest following based in Rotterdam, the city we are studying. One of my best friends, Salma, happens to be Muslim. We started to think about how the Muslim population in The Netherlands would function if this nightmare would became reality. One day before the Dutch election the European court had decided, that if an employer asks their employee to take of the headscarf while she is working, they are allowed to fire her if she refuses to. Which I believe is just plain discrimination. We asked our-selfs; how can a Muslim women still wear a hijab and meet these ridiculous expectations at the same time? So, we developed a headscarf with a blond hair print. To question the boundary between hair and hijab. We used it as a conversation piece, and asked the people of Rotterdam for their opinions. In collaboration with Salma Bourjilas.

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How can a Muslim women wear her hijab and meet the ridiculous expectations of the European court at the same time? Van Haar (translation: 'Hers' and 'made out of hair') is a project that started in march of 2017, the time of the Dutch elections. at the time it seemed that the populist party, PVV, was going to win the race. They have filled their election program with anti-Islamic statements. With it's biggest following based in Rotterdam, the city we are studying. One of my best friends, Salma, happens to be Muslim. We started to think about how the Muslim population in The Netherlands would function if this nightmare would became reality. One day before the Dutch election the European court had decided, that if an employer asks their employee to take of the headscarf while she is working, they are allowed to fire her if she refuses to. Which I believe is just plain discrimination. We asked our-selfs; how can a Muslim women still wear a hijab and meet these ridiculous expectations at the same time? So, we developed a headscarf with a blond hair print. To question the boundary between hair and hijab. We used it as a conversation piece, and asked the people of Rotterdam for their opinions. In collaboration with Salma Bourjilas.
How can a Muslim women wear her hijab and meet the ridiculous expectations of the European court at the same time? Van Haar (translation: 'Hers' and 'made out of hair') is a project that started in march of 2017, the time of the Dutch elections. at the time it seemed that the populist party, PVV, was going to win the race. They have filled their election program with anti-Islamic statements. With it's biggest following based in Rotterdam, the city we are studying. One of my best friends, Salma, happens to be Muslim. We started to think about how the Muslim population in The Netherlands would function if this nightmare would became reality. One day before the Dutch election the European court had decided, that if an employer asks their employee to take of the headscarf while she is working, they are allowed to fire her if she refuses to. Which I believe is just plain discrimination. We asked our-selfs; how can a Muslim women still wear a hijab and meet these ridiculous expectations at the same time? So, we developed a headscarf with a blond hair print. To question the boundary between hair and hijab. We used it as a conversation piece, and asked the people of Rotterdam for their opinions. In collaboration with Salma Bourjilas.