AT MUSLIM PROM, IT'S A GIRLS-ONLY NIGHT
Patricia Leigh Brown, New York Times, 6/7/03
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/09/national/09PROM.html
FREMONT, Calif., - The trappings of a typical high school prom were all
there: the strobe lights, the garlands, the crepe pineapple centerpieces
and even a tiara for the queen. In fact, Fatima Hague's prom tonight had
practically everything one might expect on one of a teenage girl's most
important nights. Except boys.
Ms. Haque and her friends may have helped initiate a new American ritual:
the all-girl Muslim prom. It is a spirited response to religious and
cultural beliefs that forbid dating, dancing with or touching boys or
appearing without a hijab, the Islamic head scarf. While Ms. Haque and her
Muslim friends do most things other teenagers do - shopping for shoes at
Macy's, watching "The Matrix Reloaded" at the mall or ordering Jumbo Jack
burgers and curly fries at Jack in the Box - an essential ingredient of the
American prom, boys, is off limits. So they decided to do something about
it...
The rented room at a community center here was filled with the sounds of
the rapper 50 Cent, Arabic pop music, Britney Spears and about two dozen
girls, including some non-Muslim friends. But when the sun went down, the
music stopped temporarily, the silken gowns disappeared beneath full-length
robes, and the Muslims in the room faced toward Mecca to pray. Then it was
time for spaghetti and lasagna.
It is perhaps a new version of having it all: embracing the American prom
culture of high heels, mascara and adrenaline while being true to a Muslim
identity...
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