By: Hana Kotb
On Facebook and Instagram, the beautiful Amina Khalil posted a picture of herself in the Gouna Film Festival closing ceremony in a gorgeous gold-mustard, cut-out dress with the following caption:
“Yes, im not perfect. Yes, i have love-handles, or a muffin-top, or whatever its called nowadays. Yes, i dont eat much the day i know ill be wearing a crop-top that night. And yes, i come home post-crop-top and have sandwhich gebna say7a or maybe even a quarter pounder! But you know what- so does everyone else. And those midnight snacks standing in the kitchen surrounded by girls doing the exact same thing- make me feel normal. Because we all are normal human beings. And thats the way it should be. Because i wouldnt trade those moments for anything. Because the laughter or jokes or gossip sessions ive had during those midnight snacks make me have a life. And i love them. And what a better way to remember the last year of my twenties than moments that make you laugh till your stomach hurts, or barabeer come out of your nose. (C’mon we’ve all been there!?) So, accept who you are. And accept that we are all different. And accept that there will always be someone better walking that red carpet ahead of you. But what you should accept and truly be- is ok with that. Trust that someone in this world will always see you as the most beautiful girl in the world. And that at the end- we are all the same. We are all beautiful souls, occasionally hormonal, sometimes confident, scarcely perfect, but ALWAYS- human. Own it. Nothing shines brighter than confidence. #quarterpoundersforlife #loveyourself #nofilter #nophotoshop #proudlywoman”
When we read this, we thought to ourselves, “Aw, that’s nice! What a nice body-positive post!” But then we proceeded to read the comments on her post, and we were completely disgusted with what some people had to say!
“This seems so fake, pretentious and forced.”
Why? What seems fake and forced about a girl opening up about her love for an occasional burger? And more importantly, what happened to the “if you have nothing to say, then you should say nothing at all” rule our parents use to always say when we were younger?
“These words would make much more sense and would be more touching coming from an actual average woman.”
We’re sorry if Amina doesn’t fit your description of a real woman. A real woman wouldn’t shame another woman, no matter her size. Just like there are fat shamers, there are skinny shamers. Don’t be a shamer, no matter what kind. Just because Amina might diet and take care of her health doesn’t make her any less of an “actual average woman.”
“When you post in English, some people think you are jumping in them بتتنططي عليهم يعني “
Oh, honey, don’t translate word by word from Arabic to English please. And posting in a language other than your native language does not make you a show off. It simply means this was how she chose to express herself. Ironically, the commenter commented in English. We have nothing more to say to this.
“No body is perfect dear, but why should we deliberately show our love handles, especially if the dress is not wow.”
First of all, we are in love with Amina’s Norine Farah dress. If you think it’s not “wow”, then you’re the one with the the problem. Second of all, this post was about embracing your imperfections. If you reply to that by saying you shouldn’t deliberately show your love handles, then you’re just a bully!
Thankfully, there were many, many positive comments, and thousands of shares. There’s still hope for humanity!
What do you think of Amina Khalil’s Norine Farah dress? Love it?