Amal has typical teenage worries–a crush on a boy, coping with a bitchy popular girl, missing friends from an old school–and one very big not so typical worry–contemplating wearing the hijab (head scarf, long sleeves, long pants/skirt). Amal is a Palestinian-Australian Muslim. She grew up in Australia, but her parents moved there from Palestine. Her mother wears hijab, but up until now Amal has only worn it to mosque or for holidays. Amal believes she wants to wear it full time and thinks she is ready, but is intensely worried about the reactions she’ll get from friends at school and from the public in general. Read the rest of this entry »
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