Red Chador

Ten Thousand Things with Shin Yu Pai

A chador garment worn by some Muslim women is usually black. Not Anida Yoeu Ali's. Her chador is red and sparkly. As a performance artist, Anida created the glittery chador to embody her Muslim identity and confront Islamophobia. The red chador invited reactions of curiosity, spectacle, fear, respect, anger and gratitude from strangers on the streets of Paris, Seattle, DC, and Palestine. In this episode we explore Anida’s identity inside and outside the red chador, the public’s response, and what she did after this garment mysteriously disappeared during her travels in Tel Aviv.

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Related links:

Anida’s website

Video of the red chador in Seattle after the 2016 presidential election

A eulogy for the red chador

A performance of the rainbow of chadors

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