From the ages of 6 to 10, the scarf was my daily uniform in Iran
—Seattle Post-Intelligencer. D. Parvaz dons her hijaabÑa full-body outer cloak or, in its modified form, a scarf tied around the headÑto find out how she'll be treated on the streets of Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia. "I was ultimately reassured by the good in people. There were cute momentsÑlike when a boy wearing a 'Wassup!' T-shirt on a bus leaned over and asked 'Who is this Allah guy anyway?' or when the girl behind a coffee counter leaned in to hear me, as if expecting me to speak with a soft voice and a foreign accent."'
