Brazil: Meet Gisele, the niqab-wearing thrash metal guitarist

I become an attraction." A Muslim woman living in Santana district in Sao Paulo became a sensation in Heavy Metal's scene for playing with a niqab covering her body and face during her concerts, Friday. Gisele Marie Rocha explained that, after getting involved in music when she was eight years old through her studies in classical music, she discovered the Heavy Metal genre in her cousin's house when she was eleven, when she was introduced to British band Black Sabbath. Gisele converted to Islam in 2009 after reading the Quran. Since then, she has been wearing a niqab during her gigs and when men are around. "Polka", as she called her guitar, was specially designed for her by a lutier called Paula Bifucio, and with it she just finished recording an album, which will debut next month.