Meanings
present singular third person hijabizes · participle present hijabizing · participle past hijabized · past hijabized
- rareTo adorn or cover with a hijab; to veil with hijab-like scarves.
The women's behaviors must also be hijabized.
2002, Insa Hartel, Body and Representation, Page 1053 more examples
Exemplary of tactical media production would be the work of Princess Hijab, whose provocative street art includes hijabizing adverts—painting black hijabs on commercial adverts for products such as jewellery and make-up.
2009, JG Payne, Feminist media as alternative media? A literature reviewWhen I see an interesting billboard or model that I find unusually arresting, I feel the impulse to hijabize is (y), to draw a black veil ...
2011, A Moors, Open space 98 NiqaBitch and Princess Hijab: Niqab activism, satire and street artPrincess Hijab began her work of “hijabizing” or “niqab interventions” on Western media advertisements on the Paris metro in 2006.
2011, EEK Kane, Eroticism and Vandalism: NiqaBitch and Princess Hijab on the Burqa Ban in France
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