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I haven’t mentioned this before but except for the actual secret session, my Nashville trip wasn’t what I had expected. First of all, I got stopped at the airport & questioned for no reason at all except for the fact that I’m visibly muslim
My dad kept asking the security guy why we were stopped but he didn’t have a clear answer. He kept asking me questions about my life and it made me so nervous that I felt my body shake, I tried to remain still so it wasn’t noticible and my voice also got all shaky
He eventually let us go after half an hour but that was scary cause I never experienced that before and I didn’t know what would end up happening
Also, I’ve never had so many people stare at me before, literally everywhere I went I could feel people stare. I am used to the occasional stares but this time it was excessive. I wanted to visit the popular attractions but I thought it would be best not to go
I went to a mall, for one of the days & saw a hijabi lady & she kept smiling at me & even greeted me. I think she was really happy to see me cause she doesn’t usually see people like us around too often
There also wasn’t much options for halal food in the area I was staying at so we literally kept on going to the same halal restaurant
speaking of food, when I was on the phone with t*ylor n*tion, they asked me if I had any allergies or if there were any special considerations that they should take note of & I mentioned that I eat halal food
we usually request halal food like on plane rides & stuff so I thought maybe I should mention it here too, there was a long awkward silence after I said that & it lasted for like 10 seconds & I just felt so embarrassed & even regretted bringing it up
so I was like nevermind it’s ok, vegetarian food is good too then they were like ok we will write that down for you 
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The day of the session, I had so much anxiety of being the only hijabi. When I arrived at the meeting spot, everyone turned to stare at me & I was thinking how I’d survive the whole day feeling out of place but then I saw another muslim family & I let out a sigh of relief
also I’m not sure but to me I got some vibes that one of the parents & their child didn’t like me much, I was waiting in line to get checked in & there were a group of us talking & I got weird & judgy stares from them whenever I talked or laughed so yeah that wasn’t so pleasant
I wish I only had positive moments but at the end of the day I’m just really thankful that I got to meet Taylor and glad that the people I talked to were nice and welcoming, especially Taylor herself
