The Influence Of Hijab On The Muslim Culture

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The reasons why I choose to use ‘hijab’ to connect the topic of prejudices are that the recent news about people with hijab being attacked, stories that some people don’t want to wear hijab because of the prejudices in the U.S., and the actual stories from my classmate, Soma. I feel very sad when she talks about how people see because her hijab. We don’t see and understand how people feel unless we hear from people who are close.
Before I did this project, I didn’t know anything about the hijab and the Islamic culture, so I enjoyed the process of making our book. Since my partner, Lina, had some knowledge about Islamic cultures although she wasn’t Muslim, she was very helpful to complete the story. I didn’t make the book that might insult the culture, so I showed the story to Soma before finalize it.
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When I said, “I made a book. Who would you like to read?,” then about 8 children gathered. However, after I read a couple of pages, half of the children left, and only one or two left till the story ended. I asked one girl whose family might have Islamic background (I never asked about it.) if she had known the word “hijab” or her mom might have worn it, but she said no. However, she said, “I have seen those,” when I showed the page of three different styles of hijab. I asked where and when she had seen them, but she didn’t say

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