RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Fareed, AatikaYR 2022 T1 Western Modernism and the Fetishization of the Hijab: Deconstructing the Movie Hala JF Film Matters, VO 13 IS 1 SP 39 OP 55 DO https://doi.org/10.1386/fm_00203_1 PB Intellect, SN 2042-1877, AB 9/11 became the cursor in converting millions of Muslims into one homogeneous society – what Edward Said describes as the “Christian picture of Islam.” This ongoing process scrutinized mainstream Muslims irrespective of their context/origins. Practicing Muslim women who adorned a headscarf, popularly known as hijab, came to be interpreted as being oppressed, irrespective of their social-economic or ethnic status since it went against the notions of western feminism, which extensively preached the idea of being liberal and free in all senses. This article attempts to discuss the obsession with the “unveiling of the veil” through the movie Hala (Baig, 2019) and explores how the degradation of Islam produces smeared representations, thereby justifying and glorifying western ideals and civilization as whole., UL https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/fm_00203_1