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Randa Abdel-Fattah (1979–) is an Australian author with Egyptian and Palestinian parents. She wrote the first draft of Does My Head Look Big in This when she was 16.
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Does My Head Look Big in This? Amal lives in Australia. She is Muslim and is thinking about wearing the hijab full-time. Going full-time means that you always wear the hijab when boys and men who are not part of your closest family are present. Amal is thinking about wearing the hijab full-time because she believes this will make her feel closer to God. In the extract below she is worried about what other people might think of her if she goes full-time.
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What is the covering the girls in the picture are wearing? Why do you think they are wearing it?
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The next day I resolve to write an official To Wear or Not To Wear List. In the left-hand column I’m going to write a list of all the people I know who won’t hassle me for wearing the hijab. On the right-hand side I’m going to list all the people I suspect might give me attitude, stare ozone holes into me or tut-tut behind my back. Here is what I come up with:
