SZA says she was scared to wear her hijab after 9/11
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nme.comSZA has opened up on her experiences growing up Muslim, and how the aftermath of 9/11 made her “scared” to wear her hijab.The singer, who was 11 at the time of the 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City, said she was afraid of the reaction and anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States.In a new interview, she told Muslim Girl: “I stopped covering after Nine-Eleven because I was so scared.
This was like elementary school, middle school“I regret so much—like, being afraid or caring what people said about me, or in high school feeling like if I didn’t cover all the time that I can’t start covering some of the time.”Discussing how she resumed wearing her hijab once she reached high school, she added: “And then they were like, ‘What is this?.
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