Blog – Faithless Hijabi

By sharing the stories of ExMuslims from around the globe we aim to engage our audience by igniting empathy based on stories that may be of shared experience or ones that present to us a different understanding of the current landscape.

By Faithless Hijabi / February 2, 2020

My hair had been flattened by my scarf for 18 long years. We had gone to the park in the...

By Faithless Hijabi / December 1, 2019

Ever since I stopped being Muslim 12 years ago, I haven’t been able to let Islam go. Just not in...

By Faithless Hijabi / November 5, 2019

Every morning I wake up hugging myself. I wake up hugging this form that I live in that I hate...

By Faithless Hijabi / October 24, 2019

Dear reader, I wish I can write my story more openly but unfortunately, I have to be anonymous. I am...

By Faithless Hijabi / September 3, 2019

Dear God, Are you a figment of my imagination, a product of human weakness or, are you really the most...

By Faithless Hijabi / August 16, 2019

At 15 I fell in love with my best friend. Luckily she felt the same way about me. We went...

By Faithless Hijabi / July 29, 2019

Imagine being free,a feared entity.As the world mocks, her skin that is tasted by the wind, she walked on,confidently in...

By Faithless Hijabi / July 21, 2019

I always felt envious of the bond my female peers had with their mothers. They were able to be open...

By Faithless Hijabi / July 13, 2019

Dear Mum, I wish I was able to talk to you honestly about everything that matters to me. I wish...