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I started wearing hijab pretty young, right before I started sixth grade. Typically, a young woman isn’t obligated to wear it until she reaches puberty, but seeing my mom and aunts wearing it made me want to be like them. I was only 11, and my mom didn’t want people to think she had forced me to wear it so young — a lot of Muslim women make their children wear it at a young age, unfortunately. I assured her that I was grown up enough and that I understood what it meant.
I was about to start at a new school and I wanted a fresh start. She was still a little hesitant, but she told me that I could start wearing it. She even threw me a "scarf party" to commemorate the start of me wearing it. This is not common at all, but it was really fun and made me feel really good about myself. Looking back on that, I definitely was too young to start wearing it, but I also think that if I hadn’t, I wouldn’t be the same person I am today.
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