I finally removed it for my comfort and ease of mind. I removed it because at times I felt limited to others’ interpretation of hijab and suffocated with it on my head.

I simply took it off to unload the burden of an unjustified, incomplete and inaccurate explanation for an entire community by what was wrapped around my head.

I removed it to understand myself for who I truly am beneath the scarf, not what I assumed I had to be for wearing it.

I removed it to experience what I was deprived from.