Alisha Starbird
English 110-U
9/11/14

Arwa Aburawa’s Strong Thesis

As I re-read the article “Veiled Threat: The Guerrilla Graffiti of Princess Hijab” by Arwa Aburawa, I payed particular attention to the last sentence in the introduction paragraph in hopes that there would be a perfectly constructed thesis. This is what I read, “If her claim of being a 21-year-old Muslim girl was partially true, some wondered what the real message was behind her self-described ‘artistic jihad.’” If my judgement is true and this is in-fact Aburawa’s intended thesis, then I believe that she did a good job supporting it throughout the article. She writes mostly about the work that Princess hijab displays along with her motives and intentions behind it. Aburawa makes it clear to the reader that Princess Hijab does not paint headscarves on advertisements in a religious context, but rather as a symbolic act of resistance. The thesis somewhat gives the reader a “heads-up” about Princess Hijab’s art and that there is more to it than just the Muslim religion.