ABSTRACT
When I was to start secondary school, my father and I went in search of a school uniform. A blazer and blouse were easy to find, and I was particularly pleased that the skirts were abundantly available. As a Muslim, my father had forbidden me to wear skirts or expose my legs in any way. I thought that with the coming of school uniform, even my father could not escape the requirements of the British school system. I thought that for the first time in my life, I was about to wear a skirt.
