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Hijab
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I want women like Aunt Michelle to understand that it is not only women who look like them who are free, who think, and care about other women.
That it is possible for two things to look similar but be completely different.
That I cover my head like other strong, respected women have done before me, like Malala Yousafzai, like Kariman Abuljadayel, like my mama.
That I cover my head not because I am ashamed, forced, or hiding.
But because I am proud and want to [be] seen as I am.
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― Other Words for Home
― Other Words for Home
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I’m sorry for sisters in France who have to deal with this. And I hope that you won’t compromise. I mean, anything that you’re going to learn in those schools you can learn from home anyway. I would tell the sisters in France that you are already greater teachers than your instructors in those classrooms. And the lessons that you are teaching to the people of France, to the society of France, by your continued compliance with the dignity and the modesty of Islam, those are far more important and
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