Hey everyone. Our story today starts with an uncomfortable situation.

Producer Niddin Shekir was at a swimming pool in a resort on the Red Sea in Egypt when it happened.

Afterwards, she recorded a voice note to herself, trying to make sense of it.

Right now, I am in my hotel room in a six-star resort on the Red Sea.

I'm packing, just ending my vacation.

It's mostly been wonderful, really, except for just one little thing happened yesterday.

I was just getting ready to get into the pool, and this guy comes rushing at me, tells me no burkini.

And that was me and my mom, by the way.

And we just, we got right out, very embarrassed.

That word burkini, you may know,

is an English term for the kind of swimsuit failed women wear.

As an aside, I've always hated the word.

It's literally burqa and bikini put together,

which doesn't make sense if you think about it,

nor does it even really represent what the swimsuit looks like.

Anyway, back to Nadine.

And it was very strange. It was actually the first time I...

The day this happened, I had pretended to be okay all day, that it didn't matter that I was

denied doing something because of how I dressed, that I was above it all somehow.

But as a few hours went by, I began sinking deeper into myself.

For many years now, I have been veiled by choice.

Although the way I wear my veil is more relaxed than others, I still consider myself a hijabi.

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