Friday, September 12, 2008

Trading UN Blue Beret for Hijab

Wyszomirska wears a blue veil over her UN beret in a bid to break ice with Lebanese villagers.

Trading her UN peacekeeper's beret for hijab during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, a Catholic polish soldier is breaking the ice with local villagers in south Lebanon. "Out of respect for the environment I work in, I feel I need to try to integrate myself during Ramadan. And since my contingent is deployed in a Muslim area, I have decided to wear the hijab." Sylvia Monika Wyszomirska told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Friday, September 12.

If only the so-called "teacher" in the below post had shown such sensitivity...

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