Eka Nickmatulhuda

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Location: Jakarta

Nationality: Indonesia

Biography: Eka Nickmatulhuda is a documentary photographer based in Jakarta. She believes photography plays important roles in documenting human events and there's nothing about it that is too big or too small. She continues to find new and different... MORE

When something is veiled, curiousity over it arise. Same goes to veiled women.

A student looks on before clos..., as the night begins to fall.

A student looks on before closing the door of her dorm, as the night begins to fall.

New batch of students practice...tte of a woman's body.

New batch of students practice on wearing their veils correctly as being taught by their seniors, during orientation class. Diniyyah has its own distinctive way to wear hijab and clothing. The veil must be in layers and long to cover 2/3 of the whole body, and the clothes must be loose and not showing the silhouette of a woman's body.

Prejudice and stereotype had veiled the colorful side of muslim women for as long as media could remember. It is time for the world to discover a different face of muslima (muslim women), who can have a blast in the least terrorizing way.

The school building at night, ... prophet) stamped on the wall.

The school building at night, with calligraphy of Allah (God) and Muhammad (the prophet) stamped on the wall.

A group of students from theat...yah Puteri annual celebration.

A group of students from theatre class rehearse their act as Dutch troops, before their play started, in November 2018. Every year, the students would play their own version of Rahmah el Yunusiyyah reenactment during Diniyyah Puteri annual celebration.

An example can be seen in West Sumatra, Indonesia. A muslim boarding school named Perguruan Diniyyah Puteri, which literally means “School for Religious Girls”.

A student of Diniyyah Puteri p... she prepares to go to school.

A student of Diniyyah Puteri placed a pin in her hijab as a symbol of "always guard the words coming out of your mouth" as she prepares to go to school.

Wearing veil for these young women is an act of confidence and dignity in practicing Islamic faith. They oppose a generalisation that muslim women are repressed, with stripped away freedoms when wearing religious clothing.

A group of Diniyyah Puteri stu...ited for their transportation.

A group of Diniyyah Puteri students assemble near balloons of cartoon figure Upin&Ipin as they waited for their transportation.

A student doodles in her book,...notes at an orientation class.

A student doodles in her book, while taking notes at an orientation class.

Students of Diniyyah Puteri la...ring a school tour to Jakarta.

Students of Diniyyah Puteri laugh as one of them fell from a bike, during a school tour to Jakarta.

A group of Diniyyah Puteri stu...ng their prayer leader (imam).

A group of Diniyyah Puteri students during their daily prayer in the mosque, with a fellow student becoming their prayer leader (imam).

Through this project, I like to introduce educated young muslima who are not afraid to express themselves. The face of muslima in Indonesia should also be accepted as a representation of Islam in the present day.

Hajizah, a Muslim woman in her...a little fun in their own way.

Hajizah, a Muslim woman in her full hijab swims to enjoy the cold water of Malibo Anai springs on a sunny day. She's a young mother den who often swims with the students with their full muslim attire on, that even though they are religious, it doesn't stop them to have a little fun in their own way.

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Copyright Eka Nickmatulhuda 2024

Date of Work Dec 1969 - Dec 1969

Updated Dec 2020

Topics Adolescence, Beauty, Belief, Children, Documentary, Editorial, Education, Faith, Freedom, Gender, Happiness, Human Rights, Lifestyle, Love, Multimedia, Muslim, Muslima, Peace, Photography, Photojournalism, Religion, School/College, Stereotype, Teens, Women, Womens Rights, Youth