13-year-old Reem Kirja has been pressing Iowa City schools to recognize 2 major Islamic holidays Cleo Krejci, Iowa City Press-Citizen
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In an online petition, Iowa City eighth-grader Reem Kirja asks the community to consider what it would be like if students were expected to go to school on Christmas. Imagine waking up Christmas morning, running downstairs, opening presents, and then grabbing your backpack and heading to school. That would never happen, but for many Muslim students in the (Iowa City Community School District), it’s what is asked of them each year Eid falls during school, Kirja writes.