Mona Eltahawy

I wore the hijab - a form of dress that comprises a head scarf and usually also clothing that covers the whole body except for the face and hands - for nine years. Put more honestly, I wore the hijab for nine years and spent eight of them trying to take it off.

Egyptian Journalist

Wearing a hijab never made me feel any more conservative - it made me feel safe. Then, after 9/11, I became the butt of a joke on the playground, so I stopped wearing it. Kids can be really cruel when you're the only black girl in your Girl Scout troop.

American Musician

Maysoon Zayid

Not wearing hijab has seriously, seriously hurt my career. Mass media wants to see a woman in a veil. But I think it helps me because it makes it easier for my audience to relate to me. I'm not the scary 'other' they keep seeing on 'Fox News.

American Actress

Leila Aboulela

When you write about a Muslim woman, like I did with my previous novels - 'Minaret', for example, which is about a woman who starts to wear the hijab - it sets all the alarm bells ringing.

Sudanese Writer

Lynsey Addario

It was nice to be in my own country, where I didn't need a translator or a driver. Where I didn't need to figure out cultural references or what hijab I needed to wear to cover my hair.

American Photographer

Halima Aden

I say this all the time, but my hijab, it really is my crown, and it's something that I bring to the table. It's something that makes me unique. It shows the world who I truly am.

American Model

Queen Rania of Jordan

For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.

Jordanian Royalty

Randa Abdel-Fattah

When it comes to the hijab - why to wear it, whether to wear it, how to wear it - there is theology and then there is practice, and there is huge diversity in both.

Palestinian Writer

Sarita Choudhury

The first time I put on the hijab, it felt weird, like I was wearing a scuba-diving suit kind of thing.

English Actress

Linda Sarsour

Wearing hijab made you know that I was Muslim.

American Activist

Understand wearing hijab is a personal and spiritual choice, respect its cultural significance.

Cultural Sensitivity

Not all Muslim women wear a hijab; it varies by individual, family, and cultural backgrounds.

Not Universal

Hijabs come in various styles and colors, reflecting individual tastes and cultural expressions.

Fashion Diversity

Hijab reflects a broader principle of modesty; it's not only about the headscarf but also behavior.

Beyond Clothing

Adopting a hijab can be an individual's expression of identity, beyond religious reasons.

Personal Expression

In mosques, a hijab can be a physical barrier, part of its design, separating spaces for privacy.

Mosque Architecture

Recognize hijab's historical usage in Islamic traditions for understanding its role in separation.

Historical Context

When discussing the partition hijab, use words that reflect respect for religious practices.

Respectful Language

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Tim Flannery: Here on...

 that the majority of the world does not hate refugees. But this time I couldn't. I couldn't explain to her why someone tried to rip off her mother's hijab when they were grocery shopping, or why a player on an opposing team called her a terrorist and told her to go back where she came from.

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 They did. In the same year, we were ready. The year we lost our inhibition and moved with courageous abandon was also the year we stared down barrels, sang of cranes in skies, ducked and parried, caught gold in hijab, collected death threats, knew ourselves as patriots,

Chinaka Hodge: What will...

 there is a phenomenon called the religious police. And the religious police imposes the supposed Islamic way of life on every citizen, by force -- like, women are forced to cover their heads -- wear the hijab, the Islamic head cover. Now that is pretty authoritarian,

Mustafa Akyol: Faith...

 positive, life-changing events that have happened to me are thanks to those people who are different than me. It was at this moment that I decided to step outside of my comfort zone and compete in a pageant wearing a hijab and burkini.

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 and the religious police imposes the supposed Islamic way of life on every citizen by force like women are forced to cover their heads wear a hijab the Islamic now that is pretty alteration and I am that's something I'm very much

Faith versus tradition...

 I can walk down the street in the exact same outfit and what the world expects of me and the way I'm treated depends on the arrangement of this piece of cloth. But this isn't going to be another monologue about the hijab

What does my headscarf...

 And they would collect small gold tokens to fundraise for the local mosque. And it was these same women, when I decided to wear my hijab, who supported me through it. And when I was bullied for being Muslim,

3 lessons on starting a...

 generalization is that the hijab is the headscarf the niqab is the face veil and a horse is not involved usually and the burqa is the full body cover and it comes with or without the veil so what

How I came to love my...

 another I'm not allowed to fight with my hijab because in the rule book it says you can only fight with the like sanctioned uniform which is the trunks in New Jersey all right really