And fact that Joanne was an American convert to Islam made her case even worse. If you didn’t wear a face veil and you listened to music, you forfeited all rights to being taken seriously for any moral boundaries you set for yourself and your family. It was the same frustration she’d faced in Saudi Arabia. It was what most Muslims thought when they heard her views on teens and internet usage. She already knew what her friend was thinking. In her peripheral vision, Joanne could see Basma turn to look at her, Basma’s narrowed eyes visible through the slit in the black face veil, but Joanne kept her eyes on the road. “I swear that’s the one thing that makes me really uncomfortable when Samira comes over.” She shook her head as she held the can inches from her mouth. She gripped the steering wheel of her car with her left hand as she lifted a can of diet cola from the cup holder and took a sip. “I can’t believe you let Maryam have internet in her room,” Joanne said.
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