U.S. first Lady Michelle Obama (center) reacts as she watches an interpretive dance performance during a welcome for her arrival at Mulberry School for Girls during a visit as part of the U.S. government’s Let Girls Learn initiative in east London on June 16, 2015. | JUSTIN TALLIS via Getty Images
The Huffington Post | By Carol Kuruvilla
First lady Michelle Obama is promoting a new campaign called Let Girls Learn, with the goal of making sure young women around the world have the chance to go to school.
On Tuesday she had a special message for students at the Mulberry School for Girls. It’s located in the east London neighborhood of Tower Hamlets, which has a higher percentage of Muslims than any other area in the United Kingdom.
“Maybe you read the news and hear what folks are saying about your religion,” the first lady told the students, many of whom were wearing hijab. “And you wonder if anyone ever sees beyond your headscarf to see who you really are, instead of being blinded by the fears and misperceptions in their own minds. And I know how painful and how frustrating all of that can be.”
“But here’s the thing — with an education from this amazing school, you all have everything, everything, you need to rise above all of the noise and fulfill every last one of your dreams,” she continued.
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