Posted on 31/12/02
Our sister's keeper
'Do you have to wear that thing on your head?"This was the final question during my job interview for a research position at a Canadian university. Apparently, my PhD in chemical physics from Harvard, research publications and postdoctoral research at MIT weren't enough to convince my interviewer that I qualified for the job. It came down to "that thing" on my head, the hijab -- the Islamic headscarf that forms part of my faith.
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