Wearing hijab

Six women who were born into Muslim families or who chose to convert to Islam talk about being Muslim in the United States, and their choice of whether to wear the traditional veil, the hijab: Mariam Popal, from Afghanistan; Rahina Awini, from Ghana; Alexandra Contos, from Puerto Rico and Greek ancestry; Samreen Hasan, from India; Ayah Sasi, from Libya and United Arab Emirates; Andrea Mikulin, from the United States with Croatian ancestry.