(Al-Jazeera) Less than a year ago, Valentina made the decision to switch her headscarf for a niqab.
“I feel better and safer wearing it,” she told Al Jazeera. “It is also an act of worship.”
For the 32-year-old from Switzerland, who prefers to be identified by only her first name, wearing the niqab — a veil worn by some Muslim women which covers the lower half of the face — is a personal choice.
“I wear it for myself, not as a symbol to the outside world,” she said.
But Valentina may not be able to wear the niqab for much longer.
