I Want My Daughter to Love Her Hijab

Marium Arache was born in Pakistan and raised in Brooklyn. She is a paramedic, wife, mother, and talks with us about growing up Muslim, how Islam relates to her experience of gender, and how she practices her faith today. 

Power song: Sanam Ho Ja by Arjun
Quote: "I wear [my hijab] because it's a part of me. I want it to be a part of me. I feel beautiful in it, and it's something that I do because I want to do it, not because somebody is telling me to do it."