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Why Muslim women wear a hijab: 3 essential reads

  • Written by Kalpana Jain, Senior Religion + Ethics Editor
A student on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, trying out the hijab on World Hijab Day, 2017.AP Photo/Russell Contreras

In 2013, Nazma Khan – who immigrated to the United States from Bangladesh at age of 11 – started World Hijab Day. Growing up in the Bronx, New York, Khan experienced discrimination because of...

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