who are the muhajababes?

A muhajababe is basically a woman in a headscarf (usually Muslim) who is also very stylish, almost skimpy, to the extent that one wonders why she chooses to cover her head which is nowhere near as attractive as her skinny-jean clad legs. It is an amalgamation of the word Muhajaba, which in Arabic means veiled woman, and babe, which in American English means attractive woman.

Muhajababes are often the subject of derision from all sides. Pious Muslim women don't like their abuse of the chastity covering as a fashion item, and non-pious women don't like the fact that they're using religion to steal the light from ordinary babes. The poor muhajababe takes alot of flack, when her life is already somewhat contradictory.

You see, muhajababes are either clueless about the religious concept they're meant to be upholding, or they're not only not clueless but are actively trying to subvert the hijab. Some may simply be following a fashion, but the pioneering one set out to simply wear as little hijab as she could get away with, while still nominally covering. In actuality, she doesn't really want to wear it, she doesn't really care for wearing it, she's wearing it because she has no choice.

People forget that hijab is not just something you can opt in to, but something that, if you're already in it, you can't easily opt out of. Tehran is a good example of a muhajababe capital because it is one of those few places in the world where hijab is actually the law. Opting out would be a criminal offence. So you might ask why muhajababes exist in the 'free West'. The answer is easy: family loyalty, herd instinct and even the threat of ostracisation.