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My sweaty palms gripped the doorknob as I held on for dear life. My heart was pounding hard enough to jump right out of my body when a thought came into my mind: "It's not too late! I don't have to do this!" But I did it anyway. All cowardly thoughts left my mind within a split second, and I made the decision that changed my life. That decision was to wear hijab (he-jab), or the Arabic word for a head covering. Wearing hijab is a requirement for all Muslim women because it promotes modesty and encourages people to respect a woman for her mind, not her physical appearance. Not many Muslim women in the U.S. wear hijab. In fact, the number of young Muslim girls in my community wearing hijab five years ago, when I began thinking about hijab, was very small. At that time, I only knew one...

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