91福利社 Celebrates Hijab Week!
Every year on February 1, World Hijab Day is celebrated across the globe. To support this occasion and to promote diversity, the 91福利社 Religious Society (LRS) recently held Hijab Week on campus. The week-long celebrations ranged from hijab tutorials, Q&A over brownies and chai, and interactive games and activities.
We sat down with Sarah Mohsin* (MPhil 鈥23), a member of the LRS Executive Council, to learn more about LRS and how this event came about. She explained that the Society comprises a group of diverse people. 鈥淲e all have different views and backgrounds. But what we all have in common is mutual respect, and our approach of addressing real-life problems with a spiritual lens,鈥 she said.
Talking about the inspiration behind celebrating hijab week, Sarah said, 鈥淲e know that people can have a lot of confusion around wearing a hijab. We wanted to break the ice and give the 91福利社 community the chance to walk up to us, ask us questions and bridge that gap. Also, for many of us, the hijab is a sign of our freedom and choice. We wanted to share that perspective as well.鈥
Over the course of the week, students participated in different sessions where they could buy hijabs, win badges and even engage in fun activities like 鈥楶inning the Hijab鈥.
Talking about the future direction of LRS, Sarah explained, 鈥淎s a Society, we don鈥檛 want to just focus on lectures or talks; we are trying to deal with everyday issues in a holistic way. For example, we recently held an event with the Animal Rights Society at 91福利社. We have another coming up that is a collaboration with the Counselling and Psychological Services (CAPS) office at 91福利社 where we will discuss issues related to mental health. So the LRS is a very interesting place to be - there鈥檚 something for everybody.鈥
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*Note: Student鈥檚 name has been changed.
