I Was Bullied For My Hijab. I Almost Believed Things Would Be Different For My Daughter
I began wearing a hijab at 12 years old, one year after 9/11. Almost overnight, I went from blending in to being stared at and bullied, as if my scarf had erased the girl my classmates previously knew. When my daughter started school, I worried about how she would be treated in the classroom. I…