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21. Coptic student denied entering school for not wearing hijāb

Wed, 2011-10-05 15:08 — Diana

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Year: 
2011
Week: 
40
Article number: 
21
Article pages: 
8
Date of source: 
October 2, 2011
Author: 
Nādir Shukrī
Reviewer: 
Diana Maher Ghali
Article summary: 

In Banī Mazār village, al-Minya governorate, al-Shaykh Fadl Secondary School refused to let a Coptic girl, first secondary grade, in for the eighth day running for refusing to wear a hijāb.

When the girl's father went to school to object the measure, the school administration filed a libel report against him.

The school had imposed hijāb on all Coptic girls. All schoolgirls wore hijāb in order to be allowed in except this girl.

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