![]() ![]() Faizah's descriptions of Asiya's hijab show the admiration of the younger child for her glamorous, grown-up older sister. ![]() The language remains resolutely positive. Instead, the tone is set by the title: The Proudest Blue. Told from the perspective of the younger sister, Faizah, the preconceptions behind the 'whispers, laughs and shouts' are understated. The simple illustrations and story-telling style give the story an air of innocence, while confronting the prejudices faced by Muslim girls. The authors, Olympic fencing medallist Ibtihaj Muhammad and SK Ali, can speak of this from experience but their book is subtle, not angry. ![]() There might not be a story at all, were it not for the ugly truth of Islamophobic bullying that wearing hijab can unleash. The Proudest Blue is the simple story of a girl choosing her first hijab and wearing it to school for the first time, accompanied by her adoring little sister. ![]()
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