Word: hijab
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...this I could forgive. It was only natural that people who feel hopeless in the presence of so much loss and suffering would need a way to vent. And I was an easy target. If yelling at me, a Muslim clad in a hijab (an Islamic head scarf), to “go back home” helped people deal with their loss, then by all means, let them yell until their throats got hoarse. By that time, I knew full well that I was an American. A few people yelling at me furtively before I could see their faces...
...joking, and yes, he really thought I was an immigrant, I had to explain to him that I had been born 10 minutes away from the school building. The reason my English was so accent-less was because I really was an American, even with my hijab...
...many people refuse to believe that I cannot be an American simply because I wear a hijab? Sadly, the answer is yes. And I’m not alone...
Shireen Khan, 19, in running pants, a plain white shirt, Reeboks and a lavender hijab, was waiting in line for the Nitro with two female friends. She pooh-poohed the notion that the day's event might be a kind of refuge for an overscrutinized community. "It's not about that," she said. "I come here twice a year, and I like it, but today there's good halal food, and there's prayer. We have so many friends in the tristate area, we never see each other, and today everybody's here." Her cousin Soofia Tahir suspected there might...
...eventually they did. Higher and higher their car climbed--230 ft. and then 85 m.p.h. free fall. Khan's hijab flapped but held. "It was good," she exclaimed at the ride's exit. "I'd never been on a roller coaster at night before. When you open your eyes, there was just, like ... nothing!" She smiled broadly. Then she made her way to the ladies' room, ritually washed her hands, face, arms and feet and found a small group of other women by the Ferris wheel. Turned into silhouettes by its dazzling illumination, they prayed...