14/02/2022 20:19:14 ¶ ●

Basira Hussain
I was thinking about why I ended up with deciding against drawing my Basira with a hijab. Maybe because I saw her as principled but not necessarily devout? But then there are many good reasons for women to choose to wear a hijab (and not just religious ones), so I wanted try out a range of designs for her. No matter how she looks, Basira will always be one of my favorites.

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[image description: the image shows three different character vignettes of Basira.
The one to the left shows her as a dark-skinned woman with a slightly heavier built and features. Her hair is braided in cornrows to the back of her head and then collected in a bun. She is wearing a hoodie in an burnt orange colour and is sitting, reading a book in her hands. Light falls over her left shoulder from behind.
The middle portrait shows her as a young woman of middle-eastern decent, wearing a bulky police jacket and a dark blue hijab.
The version of her to the right is dark-skinned again in civilian clothes, but also wearing a headscarf. This one is a light grey. She is sitting at a desk reading a statement before her, her head leaning on her left hand and arm.]