{"id":2429,"date":"2016-02-23T21:01:51","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T21:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/2429-library-in-canada-hosts-hijab-day-educational-event\/"},"modified":"2016-02-23T21:01:51","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T21:01:51","slug":"library-in-canada-hosts-hijab-day-educational-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/2429-library-in-canada-hosts-hijab-day-educational-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Library in Canada hosts Hijab Day educational event"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 15.808px;\">The Grande Prairie Public Library is hosting \u201cHijab Day,\u201d<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">The Grande Prairie Public Library is hosting \u201cHijab Day,\u201d an event where conservative Muslim women explain to non-Muslims why they choose to wear the head covering.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0Reports from Shafaqna News Agency say the event is part of World Hijab Day, an annual international event that took place Feb. 1. The Grande Prairie library\u2019s Hijab Day is set for Saturday, Feb. 27, when several local women who wear the hijab by their own choice will explain why they wear it.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\">Jill Kergan, community services librarian, said \u201cWe see such a diverse group of people as more newcomers come, and I think it would foster a better sense of community if we understood different cultures a little better.&#8221;<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Grande Prairie Public Library is hosting \u201cHijab Day,\u201d \u00a0 The Grande Prairie Public Library is hosting \u201cHijab Day,\u201d an event where conservative Muslim women explain to non-Muslims why they choose to wear the head covering. \u00a0Reports from Shafaqna News Agency say the event is part of World Hijab Day, an annual international event that &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[128],"class_list":["post-2429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-canada"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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