![]() ![]() Fortunately, I am having a Good Headscarf Day. ![]() ![]() The fabric delicately swathes itself over my hair and shoulders. I place the triangle over my hair, pinning it invisibly under my chin and throwing the ends loosely in opposite directions. The contents of my headscarf drawer are strewn across my bedroom floor. I have to be attractive enough for the man in question, yet modest and demure enough for his family. I’m 19 and this is the first time my family and I are to be formally introduced to a potential suitor.Ĭhoosing what to wear has been a struggle for me. My father, unflustered, strolls towards the front door and swings it open to face the man who could become his future son-in-law. The lilies in the living room stand poised. ![]() My father is assailed by a cacophony of shrieking voices: ‘They’re here! They’re here! Open the door!’ There is panicked scuttling around the house. They are important guests, perhaps the most important ones yet. My mother is concentrating on the huge pan of bubbling oil, her mind focused on the people who are about to arrive. Samosas are frying in the kitchen, teetering between perfect bronze and cinder black. Love match: Oxford graduate Shelina Zahra Mohamed held out for 'The One' ![]()
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