Muslim girls and the workforce

Even though it is hard for a Muslim woman to get a job in a foreign country many women try to get in the workforce. Muslim Girls always have goals in their life to go to school major in a career that they truly are interested in and get a job in their field of career. Their are many obstacles but that does not stop them from having goals and trying. When I say obstacles many people may think that these obstacle are family related. For example the parents don't allow their girls to work. Since they have to interact with many men at their work place. However this is not true. When parents decide to leave their own country and come to the U.S they are only doing that for their children. They want their children to have better jobs and a better education then they ever had. For girls most of the obstacles come from the society they are living in. Just like a lot of young girls Muslim girls hope of getting married one day but like most people might not think most of Muslim girls like to finish there education first. Because for years and in the Middle East girls have trouble getting educated and going in to the workforce they feel the urge to get educated and work outside of their country to prove to the world and to themselves that they can be educated and and work .

Muslim girls and College 2

Even though Muslim girls are expected to be modest in everything especially their clothes but that does not keep them from participating in anything they want. For example girls can play any sport they want. Girls don't have to wear shorts or sleeveless tops to participate in a sport. They can wear pants and shirts that have long sleeves to participate in any sport they want. Their are professional leagues in Muslim countries. One interesting sport that is played in Iran is Paint ball, their is a professional girls team for paint ball. Most Middle Eastern usually participate in Soccer because it is a very popular sport in their countries. I know some girls who are not allowed to wear long pants in soccer so they wear short but then they wear tights under it. Girls can even participate in swimming their are special kind of attire for Muslim girls to wear if they want to swim. I know this may sound like "Well what's the big deal?" But some people out their think that just because Muslim girls are expected to be modest they can't do anything "fun" or participate in anything they want. And that is certainly false. Just to put it out their, just like their are family's from every religion who are harder on their children their are also Muslim families who don't allow their children to participate in such things. But from a religious point of view Muslim girls can participate in any sport they want as long as they are modest.

Muslim girls and College

Muslim girls growing up in America have many challenges in keeping up with their social everyday life and their religious life. However many Muslim girls feel that can basically do the same things as their non-Muslim friends do. The only problem facing Muslim girls is to know where to draw the line. And I believe that ALL girls from different religions and/or cultures have to know where to draw the line and say NO. All through out school and especially in College everyone is at least invited to a party once or twice. But for Muslim girls this is not accepted. Since Muslim girls are not allowed to dance with the opposite sex and drink.(This goes for Muslims boys too). However, Muslim girls basically do everything else with friends, shopping, eating out, going to the movies, hanging out with friends, and simply just having FUN. What is also very interesting is that Muslim girls make friends with non Muslims girls more often than they do with Muslim girls. I think this is because in schools their are more non Muslims than Muslims so Muslims have no other choice then to make friends with non Muslims.
Since I'm a Muslim girl and I basically lived most of my life in the U.S this is a very interesting topic for me and I have a lot to talk about and I will do that in the next couple of posts.