Persepolis 2.0

A Turkish Fashion Magazine, Ala, Is Unshy About Showing Some Piety – NYTimes.com. Except for the religious headgear, the shoot could have been for any glossy fashion magazine. But Ala — called the “Vogue of the veiled” in the Turkish news media — is no conventional publication. In an unlikely fusion of conservative Muslim values and high fashion, it unabashedly appeals to the pious head-scarf-wearing working woman, who may covet a Louis Vuitton purse but has no use for the revealing clothing that pervades traditional fashion magazines.

Putting on the Veil – The Wooster Collective – GOOD. I’ve also found that my media, guerrilla art, presents a mystery and an impishness consistently missing from serious discourses on the hijab. The terms “hijabizing” or “hijabism” continue to define my work.