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Muslim women who cover their faces find greater acceptance among coronavirus masks – 'Nobody is giving me dirty looks'

  • Written by Anna Piela, Visiting Scholar in Religious Studies and Gender, Northwestern University
Muslim women who cover their faces find greater acceptance among coronavirus masks – 'Nobody is giving me dirty looks'A woman wearing a niqab and headscarf, with other shoppers in Istanbul, August 13, 2018. YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images

Americans began donning face masks this week after federal and local officials changed their position on whether face coverings protect against coronavirus.

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