{"id":2553,"date":"2023-07-20T12:08:56","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T07:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/photo.lums.edu.pk\/?page_id=2553"},"modified":"2023-07-20T13:42:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T08:42:08","slug":"hol-story-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/photo.lums.edu.pk\/index.php\/hol-story-2\/","title":{"rendered":"HOL &#8211; STORY 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2553\" class=\"elementor elementor-2553\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4319e308 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4319e308\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71a735d5\" data-id=\"71a735d5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\" data-e-bg-lazyload=\".elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27d4c4ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"27d4c4ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-con{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));--align-self:var(--container-widget-align-self,initial);--flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container{height:100%;width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty{position:relative;min-height:22px;min-width:22px}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon{position:absolute;top:0;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;margin:auto;padding:0;width:22px;height:22px}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c7f21d4\" data-id=\"6c7f21d4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ba44e80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-qi_addons_for_elementor_section_title\" data-id=\"5ba44e80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"qi_addons_for_elementor_section_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m  qodef-qi-section-title  qodef-decoration--underline  qodef-link--underline-draw qodef-subtitle-icon--left\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"qodef-m-subtitle\">\n\t\tUnveiling Empowerment\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"qodef-m-title\">\n\t\tDefying <span class=\"qodef-e-colored\">Norms<\/span> and Embracing Identity\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-m-text\"><p>\"I smoke because it empowers me.<br \/><br \/>As a woman in a hijab, I feel as vulnerable to harassment as when I am not so \u2018traditionally-dressed\u2019.<br \/><br \/>Last semester, I was walking- in hijab and shalwar kameez- when a biker went by, and touched me inappropriately. This incident jolted me on so many levels; it made me realize, had I not been wearing the typical image of a Pakistani girl, which inherently comes off as meek, I would not have had to endure such blatant harassment.<br \/><br \/>We, as a society, tend to regulate womens' bodies too much and treat them like a sacred communal object rather than a simple flesh suit. So I feel empowered by being able to flout these cultural norms, because you see when the men see a girl defying the alleged etiquette, they think at least twice before harassing her.<br \/><br \/>It\u2019s all these factors: this womanhood, the cigarette, the dresses, the hijab, the catcalling \u2014 these are a lot of things, really, which can overlap \u2014 I choose to live in that overlap, to show that I can, to show that I am I, not someone else.\"<\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30257a19 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-qi_addons_for_elementor_counter\" data-id=\"30257a19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"qi_addons_for_elementor_counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m  qodef-qi-counter qodef-layout--simple  qodef-digit-stroke-effect\" 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