Hijabi Hooligan Cosplay: “I can still have fun without compromising my faith!”

We live in the age of heroes. They grace our television screens, their soundtracks fill our iPods, and we binge-watch their fabulous Netflix television shows. We love to criticize, analyze, and envy these seemingly unstoppable works of fiction. So what do we do in a world without the X gene? Without exploding particle accelerators? Who are our heroes now? Does such a concept even exist in such an ugly, corrupt world? I went a little deep there. The truth is, our heroes come from all sorts of backgrounds and cultures. They may not have heat vision, but they do have the ability to conjure something even greater: Hope. Representation, especially visible representation, is incredibly vital in demonstrating what raw humanity is. You may have seen a person wearing a Hijab cosplaying as good ‘ol Captain America on the internet. I had the immense honor of interviewing this cosplayer, who goes by the name of Hijabi Hooligan. Please enjoy. Black Nerd Problems: If you could brunch with any fictional character, who would it be and why? Hijabi Hooligan: I’m not much of a brunch person to be honest. I’d much rather go for a meal and a day out with someone fun, so I’d probably choose Peter Parker (Spider-Man) as he would be super fun to hang out with and he makes me laugh! BNP: Please tell us about yourself! HH: My name is Dania, I’m just a regular girl from the North East of England with a crazy life as a hijabi cosplayer! I’m currently studying Pharmacy in university, and outside of that …