
Hijab-wearing players in women's NCAA Tournament aim to break barriers
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Jannah Eissa from N.C. State and Diaba Konate from UC Irvine are gaining recognition for their choice to wear hijabs while playing basketball during the NCAA Tournament.
"Representation really matters," said Konate, whose team lost in the first round of the tournament to Gonzaga. "Just having people, young Muslim women wearing the hijab, we’re not there yet. Just seeing us play, I think it makes me really happy because I used to have people that I was looking up to. Now having people that look up to me makes me happy."
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