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Feb 2017
26m 13s

Brave Muslim Girl: Amani Al-Khatahtbeh

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Despite the discomfort of stares from her young peers in post 9/11 America, teenage Amani Al-Khatahtbeh chose to wear a headscarf, so to declare her Islamic faith. This effervescent Jersey-girl who relishes make-up and fashion, started the blog, muslimgirl.com, to humanize the everyday, law-abiding and America-loving, Muslim.  
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