‘I have a right to be here’: German Muslims push back against Islamophobia
Israa Alsabagh started wearing a headscarf to school when she was 10 years old.
A practicing Muslim born and raised in Germany, she had begged her mother to let her wear the head covering. When she finally wore it to class for the first time, “I had the feeling everyone was looking at me, because I looked different.”
Over time, it became clear her classmates wouldn’t be problems. It was older teachers – and strangers – who were occasional headaches. “Every once in awhile, I’d get a dumb remark [from a teacher]
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