Student and her family are fighting for her religious identity after school says her hijab wasn't in line with the uniform policy

A Massachusetts student and her family are fighting for her religious identity after her school says her hijab represented a school uniform infraction

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Aya Zeabi said her younger sister went to Mystic Valley Regional Charter School in Malden last week for her first day of school and had officially taken a"a huge step" to wear a hijab, a traditional Muslim head covering for women. "No one wears a hijab lightly," Zeabi said."It takes a lot of reflection and confidence to decide that you're ready for it and even more to practice wearing it everyday out in public, especially in such unfriendly times.

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