In a restaurant in Aqaba

we were the only people there, it was an odd time to go to eat. But right after we ordered a couple with a little 7 month old baby walked in. The man was dressed normally in jeans and a tshirt but the woman was wearing the full burqa. Right away I felt uncomfortable. I tend to get so nervous around these women when you can only see their eyes. The guy I was with and I started talking about how different countries are starting to ban the burqa and why women wear it and so forth. There is so much controversy around the burqa like if the woman wants to wear it or she's forced to, it all makes me uncomfortable. Well the couple and their really cute baby boy sat down right in front of me. The woman took off her veil once she sat down, she was so pretty and so young- she couldn't have been older than I am. She started feeding and playing with the baby, which was the cutest child. Then I started waving and smiling and clapping my hands, and he just laughed and this woman and I started laughing. And we were all watching this little baby try to clap his hands. Then she motioned for me to hold him. So I got up and held the baby and played with him. The woman and I were both laughing at this cute baby. She didn't know any english and I don't know any arabic but we had such a great moment together. As soon as I got out of the restaurant I started crying. I felt so awful for having judged this woman so harshly and how I felt so frighten by her just because how she dressed. She was one of the nicest people I've encountered traveling and I couldn't stop talking about her when she first came into the restaurant. I don't know why she wears the burqa or why she says she does but I do hope that its her decision and not made for her. I still shouldn't have judge her by my western standards and we live two completely different lifestyles but we still able to connect by her baby. It was just a great moment that I had in the restaurant in aqaba.