(Deutsche Welle) Walking quickly across the Bos en Lommerplein, a square in the west of Amsterdam, Emarah* stands out. Raindrops run down her long black burqa, soaking the bottom of the black body-covering garment. It has been three years since she first started wearing a burqa, which also covers her face.
“People often think that I have to wear it as my husband says so, but it is my own choice,” she tells DW. “Actually, I did not have a husband when I started wearing it.
“It is really difficult wearing the burqa. People just see you as the enemy. It makes me feel totally alone, pushed in a corner,” she says.
It’s unfair, Emarah says, frustration evident in her voice. “I am being discriminated against only because I want to practice my religion, for my choice.”
