This is what the daughter says:
But within the Somali community, the vast majority of which is Muslim, it's Khadro's playing that's most controversial. Since beginning basketball in fifth grade, she's had to respond to the same questions:
Don't you have to wear shorts to play? (Yes, she wears shorts.)
Do you keep your head covered? (No, she doesn't wear hijab while playing.)
Khadro constantly struggles with the questioning. "I love my culture. I love my religion," she said. When it comes to not wearing hijab, "Half of me says it's bad. But the basketball court is sort of separate from those things."
And this is what the mother says:
Occasionally, Barlin manages to get away to visit with friends and family in London, Holland and, recently, California.
She flipped through photos of her trip. In many, she poses in front of an aqua sea along a rocky beach. She's wearing colorful, stylish dresses, sunglasses and jewelry. And her hair is free from her hijab.
"It's not a good thing. I wear it always," she explained. "But sometimes... sometimes you can go outside your culture."
http://www.hiiraan.com/news2/2007/july/ ... tures.aspx
Mom basically thinks that Hijaab is cultural, what a lost cow
ileen hawiye waxey la degi la'yihiinba waxbaa ka jidha. thnx for clearifying this for me huuno. 
