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Definition of hijab
: the traditional covering for the hair and neck that is worn by Muslim women
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Recent Examples of hijab from the Web
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Mirzakhani, who grew up in Tehran but attended graduate school at Harvard and became a professor at Stanford, did not wear the hijab.
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Three men who robbed a Dearborn jewelry store by pretending to be customers — one disguised as a female wearing a full robe and hijab – were sentenced last week after accepting plea deals, police said.
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One reason CAIR suspects a possible bias motive is that the woman, who wears a hijab, or headscarf, is visibly Muslim.
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One of the two girls was Muslim and wore the hijab.
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Muslim model Halima Aden is the first 'Allure' covergirl to wear a hijabOpium use booms in Afghanistan, creating a ‘
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The 19-year-old, who was the first woman to compete in a Miss USA state pageant wearing a hijab and burkini, recently signed with IMG Models and has been breaking barriers ever since.
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And in Portland last month, a man was charged with the equivalent of a hate crime in the fatal stabbings of two white men who were trying to defend two teenage girls, one of them wearing a hijab, from his anti-Muslim tirade.
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Women who like Nabra are visibly Muslim — who wear hijab — can afford no such complacency in today’s world.
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Origin and Etymology of hijab
Arabic ḥijāb cover, screen, veil
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