"THIS IS FOR THE LADIES" by Amal Kassir

[@AYAtheOUSH]

she dresses the way she does because she is comfortable in who she is and believes that the approval of anyone else should not justify her choice in clothing- but her own approval should. and she isn't telling anyone how to dress but telling them not to dress for others to approve of you but that your own approval is the most important.

[@labbyluv]

I'll follow her into war. A woman's right to cover up or show her skin is her choice and hers alone.

[@SaidAvriley]

Cherry Popsicle Oh my you are so right. My country, which probably more than 60 percent are muslim, mostly found islam as label. Even I find it so hard to practice my religion, like, no dating before marriage (which also preventing sexual contact). Sometimes I feel like why I live in muslim country but find it so hard to apply just even one rule? Prophet Mohammed S.A.W ever told us that muslim will grown so much, but the religion practice will be corrupted. The people will show no respect. And this issues will become a weapon to fitnah islam… (just like comments above yours)

[@SaidAvriley]

Cherry Popsicle and yeah forcing in islam do not go one in hand. Even my friend, who is born as a muslim, view islam as a forcing religion. I asked him didn't he knew that the rule in quran can be interpreted in many ways, and I show him that islam gives freedom, liberty, etc in which, he just understand.

[@KungPowbathemeinsprinkles]

I wish i could hand this to all the girls who feel ugly. Thanks, Ms. Kassir

[@HCarrStalnaker]

OMG!... OYG!... You are absolutley incredible...Your life is none, but yours to live... Live it proudly, Lady Kassir! :-)

[@ChibiRiku]

That was tres cool! Very nice!!! If only women can see how amazing they truly are that they honestly don't need no man telling them that they are beautiful. God made us beautiful without any of the extras. So kudos to Amal Kassir!!!!

[@Maya-ip2yi]

This video one of the best videos i have ever watched . Pure wisdom. Thank you for the message 😘

[@plav-gusinjetelevizija7150]

Amazing! Pure wisdom!

[@TervenQueen]

SALAM Amal...... you are awesome

[@tekspot9568]

wow.. bless you.. you are the weapon of women mass protection.. may all women in this planet be free like you

[@zombiag8709]

I took my daughter to the Fundraiser in Denver this Friday, we both loved you!

[@Alutishka]

man i haven't seen such talent before!!! uff! Amal ur amazing!! :)

[@TheShows247]

‏ما شاء الله ما شاء الله

[@beingasforevertrue]

Takbeer! This was phenomenal :D mashaAllah!

[@jinanesamra3355]

Amal you are beyond talented .... you are a revolution incarnated

[@mdabdullah3466]

you ae really EXCELLENT..respect lot 2 you.

[@christiantaylor4234]

ugh shes so pretty

[@KungPowbathemeinsprinkles]

i like how everyone before you ***** are talking about rights and women, and then outta nowhere: "ugh, she's so pretty." haha had me crackin up thnx :D

[@fariraaz4880]

perfect enough!

[@1226CT]

Brilliant! Love your work girl.

[@pinokosthewife]

Such strength!

[@AsiaInAkron]

Right on sister!

[@IMETGODSHEBLACK]

OMG she's amazing!

[@sweetandsour9155]

I LOVE THIS!! mashallah your amazing!!! keep it up!!

[@maryamxo]

This is amazing.

[@abdulgaffar-lz9fx]

Amazing

[@SiSmiles-is1yj]

Best love it Carry on and protect your body Masha-Allah

[@omarmhmd12]

I hope That i will have a girl someday with the dignity she talked about .... she is amazing .... and i'm so glad to hear her .....

[@snappersundus8798]

A.M.A.Z.I.N.G!!

[@tube-is3cl]

Thank. Sis

[@tkarimi6224]

GOD bless you Amal

[@thevenus6520]

Bless you sister :)

[@zombiag8709]

I love this Amal, thank you for your work!The only issue I have is the sound quality:( I'm not sure if you have already but record your masterpiece in a studio inshAllah one day!!!

[@tasiataderera6293]

omg i love this!! so deep and true!

[@IMETGODSHEBLACK]

YESSSSSSSSSSSS!

[@sadnessdark9059]

Allah bless you, may women get stronger and stronger>>>>>> from a veiled and proud girl.

[@doodihabbal]

I'm proud I'm a Muslim

[@ChibiRiku]

I feel you!

[@adnaabdulahi7693]

Beauty isn't in how you look but in who you are

[@quinn8139]

I love this, she is so badass and wows I worship her

[@ayselshikhmuradova9794]

I am already perfect, so I will cover that you could not see!

[@ayeshashaikh1782]

What was that 😳, Greaaat !!! Voice Jst Shrinks.

[@ottovanshackle2233]

kassir...... u r "the wOMeN"

[@26araya]

Girl, I think she was basically pointing out how our society tends to degrade women and many women grow complacent. Even those that might say they are feminist, tend to adhere within the norms dressing /fitting in. So those that don't end up being scrutinized , or made to feel unattractive

[@DanLetts97]

kulamchanga ain't. It's a bit ironic though isn't it? She only dresses against the norms here in America. In a Muslim country there is nothing different about her at all, in fact she would be dressing to the norms and fitting in quite nicely.

[@kugisaki-s9f]

wow amazing

[@kathrynestrohs4308]

What I wear does not determine my dignity or intelligence and it never will.

[@AmalLivedHere]

Kathryne Strohs If you listened to the poem, you would have noticed the message is to the Media, and to the women who maintain this distorted reality of beauty. "Don't differentiate your choice to be naked with my right to be covered" is what the aim is here. Besides, when I was 11 years I used to slice my wrists and make myself throw-up because the picture perfect media mentality (which undeniably exists) made me feet fat and ugly. It happens to millions of young girls around the world and the fat-shaming and ugly-shaming and get-a-beach-bod expectation is what roots those suicidal insecurities. So, try the poem again with that view. Pretend she isn't wearing the scarf, and maybe you'll agree.

[@lonerloaner8968]

+Amal Kassir Allah be with you sister. May your hijab be the sails that winds envy and your voice silence the howls of the wolves. I am distraught I never knew about you until after you came and left Australia. I would have been in the first row catching droplets of spit. Gibran, Rumi, Khayam et al, they haven't a whisper on you.

[@kathrynestrohs4308]

I 100% percent support any woman's choice to cover up or wear as little as she wants or anything in between. I do not maintain a distorted view of beauty or at least try my hardest not to. I agree with a lot of the points in the poem just not the implication that I'm oblivious to the society we live in because I dress a certain way.

[@codectified]

incorrect. especially if what you are wearing has been prescribed for you by industries, comprised of mostly men. this is the spirit of hijab, to undermine any framework of fashion or conduct which is not divinely inspired.

[@redqueen3182]

TRTHUNTER sweetheart. Hijab is implicitly implied as a vital thing for any muslim woman in the Quran

[@deepalishrivastava5480]

Let's sacrifice our lives for what someone can see and how they judge you. Let's start living the way we see ourselves in our reflection.

[@rafayhaq6570]

You wrote this for a reason, but what you wrote does not explain the reason and hence the misunderstanding. You are being a badass where the topic is delicate. Saw you on Tedx, Only one word for it, SubhanAllah. and Yes there is beauty in your eyes, hard to not see.

[@fadilbaladraf]

i think i'm in love

[@faheemqadri9723]

you are beautiful with mind and hurt

[@freepalestine2199]

👍 👍 👍

[@AishaMohammed93]

She's cool.

[@thesignof33]

It took me 3 videos to realize she like rapping. lol

[@lailahailallah5866]

Allahu akbar !!!

[@yourfriend8204]

*She gives me glimpse of Angels how they would look like but maybe they dont have such beautiful smile the one she had in the end :) May Allah protect you from Evil eye,,, and Amal dont raise That Finger like that it increases my Heart rate as if i offend u xD , P.S Dont get me Wrong i might sound mad but to be honest i love her Soul*

[@haryphuongphuong8791]

WOW my sister very2 nice ilove that

[@degen83]

There is no patriarchal society in the USA anymore, but aside from that great poem.

[@gumnaam1000]

you are sooooo cute...

[@rousingtherabble]

Wonderful indictment of the commodification of women and how women buy into being reduced to sex objects. Covering oneself up from head to toe in order to shroud one's sexuality or not "inflame the desire of men" is also an oppression, however, which reduces women to nothing but bodies objectified by men as well. The answer, I believe, is in finding the middle ground-one’s own comfortable, unique style, not prettifying or plainifying for approval-and dressing for oneself rather than others.

[@DanLetts97]

rousingtherabble there is a middle ground, it's called letting women wear whatever the fuck they want because they're in a free country and they're free to wear whatever the fuck they want. If a woman wants to show a little bit of cleavage then so be it, it's when dip shits start judging that you have a problem.

[@XX-tq1oe]

excellent but 4 mins is too long keep it 3 min max

[@AhmedMerabet24]

[@Pamplemousse825]

:-)

[@ezra8776]

im done. i will marry her

[@ofoshoukno]

Ez Ra nah bro she's mine

[@ezra8776]

@@ofoshoukno she already got married to a doctor

[@ofoshoukno]

Aww man. Where are all the good women at bruh?

[@ezra8776]

@@ofoshoukno you are her husband right? Your old video got same face with her husband?

[@shaheenaliraqi597]

You may want to go to Saudi a and try to defend women there, I don't know why you are her, her women have the most right anywhere in the world.

[@amjadnour1]

Thanks for giving us an another example of how much Sha3b al iraqi sha3b 3arsa.

[@midonile]

That's provided that she believes that her religion is (man)-made and not revealed from above seven heavens, right?

[@GTBA123]

stop juding the women.. if a women is oppressed , she will tell u.. u think Amal is afraid of exposing her oppression ? HAHAHA

[@heidishoshana]

you have no idea why she covers herself from head to toe. the middle ground? is not judging people for how they choose to dress or present themselves and creating a space where women can be sexual and feminine if they so choose but also a world where that isn't necessary to get by.

[@gbaili]

Listen to her words not the way she dress. Did you even think about what she said?!

[@abbynever4992]

It doesn't seem like "show her skin" is seen as a valid choice for a woman to make (for herself) in this poem. Who says we dress to appease men? Who says that doing with our bodies whatever we see fit (hoping that it doesn't harm us or other people) is wrong or a sign of ignorance? Sexual assault is not from some misinterpretation of our clothes because clothing never spoke for us before. Feminism or what is just for a woman is not simply what you think is right. I am not saying that covering up is hating yourself or oppressive, and I am not say that little to no clothes is oppressive either. Why does she, or anyone else have to?

[@redqueen3182]

addy shell when a guy sees a girl with a dress smaller than her under wear, he will get a boner, its hormones, and when the guy is crazy enough and the circumstances are viable he will not hesitate to rape her. Tell me how do you expect to walk into a landmine and get out unscathed? Tell me again that your dress doesn't harm you, i dare you. It is the way the world looks at you, and therefore it has every way of harming you and degrading you

[@abbynever4992]

This beyond ignorant. You just justified rape. What is wrong with you?! Did you know that females have hormones too? Did you know they can commit such acts,but they don't -at least not as much as men- because we all are capable of terrible things, we all have hormones and sex drives, but that doesn't mean we act on them. Treating other people the way you wish to be treated isn't TOO MUCH TO ASK. NOT RAPING PEOPLE ISN'T HARD! The saying is "actions speak louder than words". I don't see clothing mentioned in that at all. I don't see clothing justifying murder, or any other kinds of assault, so why do you? A five your old knows that just because you feel compelled to do something, doesn't mean its always the right thing to do or that its okay to do it.It is honestly scary that you don't realize that.

[@abbynever4992]

maybe we should fix the way the world looks at us then. BECAUSE IT IS A DRESS AFTER ALL, and I'm a person. The inanimate object never spoke for me. I think it's terrible the way people treat people-hate people over so much, but I have to say that CLOTHING has got to be one of the worse reasons to. If she wants to cover up that is her choice! Shes beautiful just like that, but if she want's to show more then that is also her choice! She can be beautiful just like that! Another way to play into the hands of this oppressive society is to try to undermine another persons value purely based off of their appearance, and that includes telling them they have to cover up more. In a skirt, or pants, or whatever they are still people with worth!

[@redqueen3182]

i wasn't justifying rape, I WAS giving the scientic explanation as to what happens in a guys body for him to even think of rape

[@redqueen3182]

after all, rape includes hormones and a guys hormones are very different than a girls , and yes, they can be triggered by even the sight of skin, so a dress is an important thing to look over

[@GirlInLoveForEver1]

the thing is, i can walk around half-naked and still maintain my dignity. i'm glad she's happy the way she is but she's still vilifying women and that's not ok.

[@dystopicstate]

I love this sister and I love that she feels so strongly about her convictions. But with all due respect I have to disagree with her premise.While hijab may protect you on some level from sexual objectification, it is still objectifying because it puts a woman in a position to be judged only in relation to her value to men. It’s the classic madonna/whore dichotomy.A truly liberating perspective is one absent of patriarchal ideals in which both women and men would be judged on their merits alone.

[@shaheenaliraqi597]

Can you tell us what Mohammed thought of women,didn't said that they are brainless, unfaithful, they are like donkey, dog,...etc How many women you thing he had relationship with not to mention the six year old Aisha. You wearing the hijab does not make any better that those you called naked because your heart is naked and theirs is not.

[@shaheenaliraqi597]

Amal, Can you tell me who is Mohammed's father? Just a trying to learn.

[@codectified]

I think if you were really trying to learn you would find a better place than youtube comments. What does "your heart is naked" mean? She is wearing clothing which is prescribed to her by her lord, whereas most women wear what the television tells them to wear. This is clear enough regardless of what you want to believe.

[@imeneyahiaoui6055]

he's fathers name was abd-allah and he died befor the prophets birth , well and he didnt say that women are " brainless, unfaithful, they are like donkey, dog,...etc " he actualy said that the best of men are the nicest to their wifes , and for aisha i said it many times humans at that time werent like they are know it happened 1400 years ago and he married her when she was 9 and at that time a 9 years old girl looked like a the 18 years old women of this time , and mohammad is not the only person who did it even christian girls got married at a young age at that time it was acceptable back then but now its not and they didnt force her she wanted to marry him , however i do agree with you when you said that a hijabi girl doesnt always mean that shes a good girl but wearing modest is still a good thing , well any girl should wear whatever she want

[@redqueen3182]

Imene Yahiaoui c

[@imeneyahiaoui6055]

Red Queen ???

[@alabamajoejackjim]

how can you talk about feminism and women's liberation and wear a hijab, symbol of submission to men, and to a political and religious order? pretty weird...

[@redqueen3182]

alabamajoejackjim hijab is an empowerment of women against men. It is a cloth that hides women from the greedy eyes of men, don't say Im being too poetic bcz have you seen guys? Yeah, they mastrubate to girls, naked girls, your normal western girls who have no shame. So this is an empowerment of women , so that when he talks to her he sees only her face, her eyes, to actually listen to her. I think you need to look up the meaning of Islam and Hijab again dear

[@MoMoTheHobo98]

ummm.. how she dresses has nothing to do with the poem