The hijab can function as a source of liberation rather than oppression

Evidence

That turban evolved into a headscarf as she aged, but remained a crown despite its changing form. I learned, each day that I lived under that roof and every day since, that the turban-turned-headscarf liberated her. And in the process, liberated us—her three children—from a rotating set of broken houses that could never be our home. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 803

Categorization

• XREF: Directly counters the survivance narrative the book ascribes to French lawmakers and Western media; echoes the reader’s existing work on dress-code moral panics. — connects to: The veil functions as feminist resistance and liberation, not only oppression — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 305
• ADDENDUM: Feeds the ‘Complaints About Immodesty Go Way Back’ thread: state and community read the same garment opposite ways, but here the garment itself is the woman’s own crown, not a mandate.