The Proudest Blue
Author: Ibtihaj Muhammad and S.K. Ali
Illustrator: Hatem Aly
Faizah is proud of her older sister Asiya who is wearing her hijab to school for the first time and looks forward to the day when she will do the same. Asiya has chosen a blue hijab that is ‘like the sky on a sunny day’ and ‘like the ocean waving to the sky’, words and pictures complementing each other and reflecting positive images. Both sisters gain strength from their Muslim faith, symbolised for them by the hijab, and from each other, and this helps them to cope with prejudice and hurtful words.
TEACHING NOTES
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The Proudest Blue Teaching Notes, 2019