Exploration of a soccer shirt and how it could be centered towards Allah and Religion’
Front: an alternate version of the Ajax logo. Following all the prejudices on Muslim men and beards, it is often concluded that a men with a beard must be muslim. Therefore the Ajax logo must be muslim. The logo is altered with a kufi with a pattern made from three ‘X’s’, which is the symbol of Amsterdam, to adjust to this well accepted ideology in society
Back: thinking of traditions of Muslim soccer players where they do a ‘sajda’/kneel after scoring a goal as a way to show gratitude to Allah. To accommodate to this ‘tradition’ I added a ‘prayermat/sajada’ on the back. This way Muslim soccer players always have a ‘prayer-mat/sajada’ hands-on to kneel on after scoring a goal
Im aware of the rule that prohibits soccer players from taking off their shirt during the game. When showing gratitude to Allah, the yellow card is worth it
Sleeves: thinking of the dua/prayer Muslim players make before they enter the field. To center this moment where Allah is called upon, I added 2 hands symbolizing the hands we raise when making our ‘dua’. After finishing our dua we normally lower our hands, but these hands never go down. Thus, the dua these hands perform is continuous
A very blessed and bright Eid Mubarak Habibi’s!
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@characharaboy graduation project ‘Tourist Shop’