Drawing a Veil (2012)
“Everyone was looking at Amina.
“Why didn’t you tell me?” Ellie whispered. “I’m your best friend!”
Amina shook her head. “I didn’t want you to talk me out of it.”
Mr MacIver opened the door to the Art Room. “Come in quietly,” he said, but no one moved. Everyone was still looking at Amina’s scarf.
It wasn’t a striped school scarf. It wasn’t a woolly scarf like your gran might have knitted. It wasn’t a trendy glittery scarf from the shopping centre.
Amina was wearing a tight black headscarf. It wa...s pinned around her head, covering her hair, her ears and her neck.
Of course, everyone had seen women wearing headscarves before. But they had never seen Amina in a headscarf. Yesterday, Amina had had a ponytail swinging at the back of her head, just like every other girl in the class.
Amina walked into the Art Room. Ellie and the rest of the pupils came in after her.
Mr MacIver had put the tables and chairs in three rows around an empty stool in the middle. Everyone sat down.MoreLess
“Why didn’t you tell me?” Ellie whispered. “I’m your best friend!”
Amina shook her head. “I didn’t want you to talk me out of it.”
Mr MacIver opened the door to the Art Room. “Come in quietly,” he said, but no one moved. Everyone was still looking at Amina’s scarf.
It wasn’t a striped school scarf. It wasn’t a woolly scarf like your gran might have knitted. It wasn’t a trendy glittery scarf from the shopping centre.
Amina was wearing a tight black headscarf. It wa...s pinned around her head, covering her hair, her ears and her neck.
Of course, everyone had seen women wearing headscarves before. But they had never seen Amina in a headscarf. Yesterday, Amina had had a ponytail swinging at the back of her head, just like every other girl in the class.
Amina walked into the Art Room. Ellie and the rest of the pupils came in after her.
Mr MacIver had put the tables and chairs in three rows around an empty stool in the middle. Everyone sat down.MoreLess
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