As the girls tell their mother about the comments Asiyah received that day, she has some important advice for the girls. In spite of this, Asiyah believes the deep blue color of her hijab gives her strength. But other hateful comments are made about Asiyah’s hijab. When she enters her classroom, Faizah draws a lovely picture of two girls having a tea party wearing their hijabs. Some children make mean comments about the hijab calling it a rag or a tablecloth. When the children near school, some of the students accept Asiyah wearing a hijab.

Their mother tells them that the hijab depicts strength. The blue color reminds both girls of the beauty of the sky.

Faizah can’t believe how beautiful the hijab is and thinks her sister is a princess. Proudly, the mother arranges the hijab on her daughter’s head. Asiyah and her mother decide on a rich blue scarf for the young girl. Today is an important moment for their family because Asiyah will be wearing the hijab for the first time. Two sisters, Asiyah and Faizah, are getting ready for school. Ibtihaj Muhammad writes about the meaning of the hijab and the occasional racist responses made against it in the book, “The Proudest Blue. In these countries, the hijab is seen as a symbol of beauty and strength. A very different point of view exists in Islamic countries. Some westerners view the hijab as a symbol of female oppression. It is ironic that the hijab has created so much controversy in western countries when many American women formerly used scarves frequently. Known in Islamic society as the hijab, this head covering is frequently worn by Muslim girls after they reach puberty. However, in Islamic society, women still commonly wear head scarves.

In recent decades the use of scarves has declined. As a matter of fact, for centuries in the early church, both men and women wore head coverings. In Catholic churches, Our Blessed Mother is always depicted in pictures with a veil. My own mother wore a scarf whenever the weather was cold. Scarves were commonly worn in the United States during the 1950s. Little, Brown and Company, New York, 2019, 32 pages, K-3. The Story of Hijab and Family”īy Ibtihaj Muhammad.

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