Wrapped tightly all-around her head, with no softly draping cloth to distract her all through meetings at her tech startup, Dilara Sayeed’s hijab is American in more means than 1.
Her hijab, or Muslim headscarf, includes a modern, Qualified profile that is generally found while in the U.S.
And the spirit with which Sayeed, a previous Democratic applicant for the Illinois Household of Representatives, wears her hijab is American at the same time. When Sayeed’s Indian-born father questioned her selection to go over her hair at age 19, indicating, “You’re in America now; you don’t have To accomplish this,” Sayeed’s comeback was the stuff muslim fashion of the high school civics class:
“It’s due to the fact I’m American that I can decide to protect, Daddy.”