Which One is Fatima?

A Muslim family snap shot

Over at the View from the Right there is an image of a group of women in long, dark hijabs being photographed by a crouching man in a white robe with a white skull cap (Muslim, of course.)

What a study of contrasts!

- One man vs. several women.


- The dark, heavy clothes of the women vs. the man's light and airy robe and sandals - it does look like spring or summer from the background jean and t-shirt clad people.


- The indistinguishable women vs. the clearly identifiable man.


- The streamlined, almost militaristically aligned women vs. the man with his daintily arranged fingers on the camera who, despite his precariousness, is obviously in charge.

All this begs the question, "Which one is Fatima?"

And why does "Fatima" put up with this?

Incomprehensible from our standpoint. And all jokes aside:

"Do you think these people are compatible with our civilization?"

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