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| December 30, 2002 | Dehghanpisheh, Babak | COPYRIGHT 2002 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

At first light, Morteza wakes up his two daughters, Shirin, 11, and Laleh, 18, for prayers in their central Tehran home. All three frequently pray together, kneeling on the floral carpet in their living room and bowing toward Mecca. The routine follows a tradition from Morteza's own childhood, when he was woken in the morning to pray with his father. Before the girls head to school, Soraya, 36, Morteza's wife, makes sure they are observing proper hijab, the Islamic dress code that is legally enforced in Iran. Shirin, their younger daughter, has worn a scarf to school through the fifth grade, but now that she is becoming a young woman, the school principal has advised her ...

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