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LEENA
SULEIMAN
HUFFINGTON
02.23.14
LEENA SULEIMAN
I Took Off My Hijab...
...by adding more layers — a knit
hat and a scarf around my neck,
to be exact.
I didn’t understand what was
happening at first. People started
talking to me more. Women would
speak to me like I’d known them
forever. Men would look at me like
I was actually approachable. And
I was made to feel like I was actually from this planet.
Maybe I was finally fitting in?
Maybe I was no longer self-conscious about my unique dress
code and my face lacking makeup?
But then it became fishy. The
Musli H ^H