The Dhaka Times Desk Two women journalists achieved the honor of becoming famous in the great profession of journalism. That too while wearing burkha (hijab).
According to online media sources, Sabiha Sheikh is the daughter of a middle-class family in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. From a very young age, he wanted to become a journalist. So with the dream of becoming a successful journalist after overcoming all obstacles, he enrolled in Gomal University of Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan in the Department of Journalism. But while doing the class, many questions suddenly arise in his mind.
The professors first told her, 'Girls wearing burqas cannot be good journalists, how can you do journalism wearing a burqa? The West cannot even accept Rorka properly. To work at the international level, you have to listen to people's words.' However, Sabiha never fell in the face of such a question. He was surprised but bravely answered at that time. He said, I have decided not only to be a good journalist, but also to be a role model for burqa-wearing girls.
I will create a platform for burqa-wearing girls to become professional journalists. He acted as he spoke. Today, Sabiha has really become the direction of burqa-wearing girls. She along with her friend Samira Latifah formed the Burka Journalist Organization. They created this organization in 2018. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province is located in northwestern Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan. There is a trend of wearing burqa niqab among most Muslim women.
Sabiha and Latifa are working on women education here. They are always talking about girls there. It is known that there are no schools and colleges for girls in that area. It is often not possible for girls to study away from their families. That is why Sabiha and Latifah's only goal is to bring out their hopes and dreams. Sabiha has become quite famous while doing this work. Sabiha said that we feel very comfortable wearing the burqa to work.
We want to create space for other girls in journalism. Where Muslim women can work without any problem. Burka or niqab can never be a barrier to enter any profession - I want to understand that. Gomal University Journalism Department Chairman Wasim Akbar Sheikh believes that without the support of the government, they cannot go far with such work. So there is a need for cooperation.
Latifa said, "We need more women to come forward to expand the project we have launched for Muslim girls called Burqa Journalists." Besides, money is also needed to run the organization. If the government helps us, we can reach the goal inshallah. Sabiha said that my mother supported me in this work. But now people respect me a lot. I want other Muslim women to follow the ideals of Islam in journalism as well.
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