Aisha Khalid : I am and I am not

'(her) early feminist narrative is perhaps slightly insular in its approach to a complex subject, presented through imagery still largely adherent to the stylistic archetype of the genre. This is remedied as her worldview widens, urging her critique to take on a duality. She begins to question the true source of the oppression that is routinely attributed to the veil and the hypocrisy and arrogance of the white savior attempting to free the voiceless brown woman. Walking through the red-light district of Amsterdam, Khalid saw the same objectification, exploitation and oppression, manifested in a reversal of the Eastern notions of modesty.'