Examples of hijab in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Senate Bill 181 was inspired by high school runner Noor Alexandria Abukaram, who was disqualified from a race for wearing a hijab. — Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland, 11 June 2021 But understanding why the hijab is the site of so much controversy in France also requires understanding the deep history behind the debate. — Time, 19 May 2021 The hijab is a religious headscarf donned by Muslim women around the world that covers the wearer's head and neck but not their face. — Ganesh Setty, Sahar Akbarzai, And Eric Levenson, CNN, 10 Nov. 2020 Khalifa went viral in 2014 after filming a scene wearing a hijab. — Yael Halon, Fox News, 30 May 2021 Her son, Taliesin Namkai-Meche, along with Ricky Best and Micah Fletcher, stepped in upon hearing a man shouting racist epithets at two Black teenage girls, one of whom was wearing a hijab, aboard a MAX train on May 26, 2017. — oregonlive, 27 May 2021 Last week, the French Senate approved a measure to ban the hijab for women under the age of 18. — Hoda Katebi, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2021 Growing a beard, wearing a hijab, and going to the Mosque, among others. — Hoda Katebi, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2021 The video showed her in front of the headquarters for the Philadelphia Housing Authority, wearing a fanny pack and a colorful print hijab, bouncing anxiously on her heels, then glancing over her shoulder as if to make sure the coast was clear. — Robin Kaiser-schatzlein, The New Republic, 29 Mar. 2021

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