My Islamic Collection
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By Hitka Viktoria
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I think the biggest problem between European and Arabic culture is that if you read a newspaper, or watch the news, you always see just the military part of Arabic culture, but naturally it has a really beautiful, and peaceful side too. This is the message on my white shador. Headlines from famous online news reports, about bomb explosions, victims of Iraq etc. With what looks like a really beautiful Arabic pattern from far away, but which, closer up, consists of soldiers and guns. ‘Cause I am sure, that many readers don’t know anything about the Arabic, Islamic culture. I think the media should be accountable for this ‘cause if they follow this wrong way, the prejudice against Islam will just get worse. |
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Text: Im not religious. It’s just fashion for me. What do you think? May I wear my headscarf in the school? (handwrite. screen print) |
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It’s me, in my gray veil, in front of my school in Maastricht. My decided opinion, abut the French rules, is on my veil. I wear this headscarf in my school, cause I think nobody can say what is fashion and what is a religious sign. |
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If I can wear it as fashion stuff, they can wear it as a religious sign. Why not? What is the difference? Im not in France, but it’s a demonstration against the state of things in Holland too, cause the Islamic women in Holland can’t get jobs, if they wear veils, or if they can work, they earn less money, than others. Why? And what if I wear my headscarf in my workplace just like fashion stuff? I will earn less money than others? |
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The traditional burka in pink, with The princess of Japanese Kitsch, Hello Kitty, Why not? Islamic people have To understand that another culture is not a categorical mortel enemy, and of course the opposite of this is also true. (colourful embroidery with Hello Kitty) |
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It is astonishing to see that even in Saudi Arabia women dressed in veils take off their clothes if they go to fitness halls and start working out or other popular practices. |
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Those women who confront workout machines for the first time try to act polite and keep their clothes on. But some of them realized that gym dresses would just be impractical on exercise bikes, but they are still separated from men. In Islamic countries women dress in veils because they don’t want to attract any attention. But what about women living in different non-Islamic countries who want to stay religious? If they wear their black veils they draw attention to themselves and are therefore contradicting their religion. Remarkable how Islamic women try to be one with the posse on the street in foreign countries. Instead of heavy, black veils, they wear veils made of silk and a long coat (in both summer and winter). More or less it works in the street actually. |
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But what if they do want to go to the gym? Non-Islamic countries don’t have any gym halls only for women, so they need to make a compromise. That’s why I created the sports veil for them. Its proper for training because the dress has all the properties a sport dress has to have. It’s made of comfortable cotton goods. It is flexible, it has no veil, but a hoody. It covers the whole surface of body, even the face if wished. © Chitka viktoria2003 |
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Curiculum Viatea I was born in 1982 in Budapest.1989 I started my elementary school studies. 1997 I was accepted at the High School of Fine and Applied Arts. 2001 I graduated as restorer. 2001 I am a student of the Academy of Fine Arts Budapest, Intermedia Department. 2006 Erasmus scholarship in Maastricht, Holland, Hogeschool Zuyd Art Academy, Fashion and Textile Design Department. Exhibitions 2001 Academy of Fine Arts, Intermedia Department Dreams To keep the eyes peeled all of my life. Hitka Viktoria [ vikk@hellokitty.com] hitkaviktoria.com (comming soon) |
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