Dear Danish People's Party,
Yesterday's Parking Guard in Moshi at the foot of Kilimanjaro was a woman.
She wore a veil.
I'm writing you as I want to tell you that it is completely normal in Tanzania, and that I was the only person in the street paying attention to it.
Probably because I'm Danish.
Probably because I'm absolutely fed up with the blurred debate in Denmark on women wearing veils or burkas, or not, the debate on mosques, on Islam, Muslims and on how Danish politicians treat refugees and immigrants. I am sick and tired, and deeply embarrased on how Danish values have been redefined into something I can't associate with.
I asked the parking guard if I could take her photo, as I wanted to prove to the Danes supporting the policies of the Danish People's Party, that at this end of the world, a famous 3rd world country, it is possible for a woman to wear a veil while holding a position as a civil servant.
And smile...!
Greetings from Tanzania
