Amna Chaudhary: "I never really thought about taking the scarf off."
In high school, meeting people who are a one hundred percent sure of their religion is rare. In Amna's story it was the last week of her senior year that she started wearing her scarf. The scarf was a big indication of her particular belief. One factor that made me determine that she was used to the scarf and considered it a norm was because she said, "It'd be like someone getting ready in the morning and going to school and not putting a shirt on, kind of." She said that gesturing her feelings on not wearing one. I was pretty surprised because she was not influenced by her surroundings and truly made that a part of her everyday life. I feel like it took a lot of gut to change herself in the way that she thought for the better.
Khaled Abou El Fadl: "They don't feel comfortable sitting next to you."
In this day and time you would think that fear of being looked upon being a terrorist would pass. Unfortunately it has not. Like Khaled Abou El Fadl, he is a person's fear. Sitting next to a person like him immediately scares everything out of them. So he started wearing suits everywhere he went; to get a better impression of himself. I think that it is so ridiculous on how much what others think of you can define you. It is a horrible thing though because you lose a lot. One of the things that you lose it your identity. It's one hectic world out there with all of the superstitions.
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