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A teenager asks her mom: When can I wear the hijab?

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Basma Alawee and Danna Aljubouri, a mother and daughter who came to the U.S. from Iraq in 2010, discuss the potential pitfalls² of wearing a hijab in America.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

It's Friday, which is when we hear from StoryCorps. In 2010, Basma Alawee came to the United States from Iraq, along with her 1-year-old daughter, Danna. The family eventually settled in Florida. Basma and Danna recently came to StoryCorps. And Danna, who's now in the ninth grade, wanted to ask her mom a question.

DANNA ALJUBOURI: Why won't you let me wear the hijab?

BASMA ALAWEE: I don't want you to, in a young age, experience what I experience every day. I remember it was the first couple of months of us being in the United States. You were in the stroller, and I was walking you to the shopping center, and someone starts cursing³ and asked me to go back home. I was so terrified. I realized it was not safe for me to go out by myself with a child in Orlando.

DANNA: Did you ever consider removing it?

ALAWEE: I have never considered taking it off. I want to make sure that you are ready, so when you wear it, you can handle yourself in a way that I don't worry about.

DANNA: What are your dreams for me?

ALAWEE: Strong women don't dream. I want you to live in the society where you can walk in the street and people welcome you and for you to have the full freedoms to decide for yourself whatever you want to do.

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)

INSKEEP: Basma Alawee and her daughter Danna Aljubouri for StoryCorps in Jacksonville, Fla. Their conversation will be archived at the American Folk Life Center at the Library of Congress⁴.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 pitfalls   

（捕猎野兽用的）陷阱( pitfall的名词复数 )； 意想不到的困难，易犯的错误

参考例句：

• the potential pitfalls of buying a house 购买房屋可能遇到的圈套
• Several pitfalls remain in the way of an agreement. 在达成协议的进程中还有几个隐藏的困难。

3 cursing   

n.诅咒；咒骂

参考例句：

• "I'm cursing the swine,'said Ah Fu. 阿福道：“我骂猪猡。”
• "The swine is cursing me,'said Li. 李先生道：“猪猡骂我。”

4 Congress   

n.(代表)大会；(C-:美国等国的)国会，议会

参考例句：

• There were some days to wait before the Congress.大会的召开还有几天时间。
• After 18 years in Congress,he intented to return to private life.在国会供职18年后，他打算告老还乡。