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Does My Head Look Big in This?

Sixteen year old, Amal Mohamed Nasrullah Abdel-Hakim is an Australian Palestinian-Muslim girl who lives in Melbourne with her father, doctor Mohamed, and mother, dentist Jamila.

Her mother, Cassandra, is a Brit who converted to Islam, and her father, Tariq, is a Pakistani.

The story revolves around (and is told from the view point of) a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who decides to wear the hijab, a religious veil, full-time.

During the winter break before her second semester at McCleans Preparatory School, Amal debates wearing the hijab (the religious Muslim head covering) as a full timer (meaning that she would have to wear it in front of males who weren't immediate family).



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