This story is taken from the winter 2023 issue of Dazed. Pre-order a replica of the magazine here.
On September 5, 2023, Aisha* woke up and placed on a floaty, sleeveless dress for her second day back to high school after the summer holidays. It was per week since a memorandum had been sent out by the French minister of education and youth, Gabriel Attal, banning pupils from wearing the abaya (an extended, loose-fitting dress) or qamis (an extended, loose-fitting men’s shirt) in state schools.
Just a few hours after Aisha arrived at her highschool in Lyon, she was called to the chief educational advisor’s office in the midst of class. Suspecting something was mistaken...
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