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03-13-2016, 01:38 AM
Olympic athlete tweets difficulty registering for SXSW while wearing a hijab
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South by Southwest (SXSW (http://mashable.com/category/sxsw/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)) is usually k**wn as a creative in**vation event where everyone is welcome, ** matter their what profile is
But on Saturday, the Austin-based event made one well k**wn attendee feel less than welcome
See also: Muslim girls design their own basketball uniforms, including velcro hijabs (http://mashable.com/2015/07/04/muslim-girls-basketball-uniforms/)
World fencing champion and Duke University alumna Ibtihaj Muhammad, who is Muslim, took to Twitter on Saturday to detail her experience attempting to register for the annual conference
According to Muhammad, she was asked to remove her hijab (http://mashable.com/category/hijab/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), a headscarf worn by many Muslim women, in order to process her photo registration for the event Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/12/sxsw-hijab/)
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South by Southwest (SXSW (http://mashable.com/category/sxsw/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)) is usually k**wn as a creative in**vation event where everyone is welcome, ** matter their what profile is
But on Saturday, the Austin-based event made one well k**wn attendee feel less than welcome
See also: Muslim girls design their own basketball uniforms, including velcro hijabs (http://mashable.com/2015/07/04/muslim-girls-basketball-uniforms/)
World fencing champion and Duke University alumna Ibtihaj Muhammad, who is Muslim, took to Twitter on Saturday to detail her experience attempting to register for the annual conference
According to Muhammad, she was asked to remove her hijab (http://mashable.com/category/hijab/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), a headscarf worn by many Muslim women, in order to process her photo registration for the event Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/12/sxsw-hijab/)
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