Gaithersburg

A 16-year-old Muslim high school girl in the US was not allowed to compete in the regional basketball finals despite playing a full season of games because of her hijab.

Erica Palim trembled as she stood before a microphone at a packed hearing in June at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in Gaithersburg, Md. For the first time, she was about to tell the world what it felt like to lose all desire to have sex. For years, she'd kept quiet, because the Georgetown-trained securities lawyer, mother of four and fixtur...

A 16-year-old Muslim high school girl in the US was not allowed to compete in the regional basketball finals despite playing a full season of games because of her hijab.

Erica Palim trembled as she stood before a microphone at a packed hearing in June at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in Gaithersburg, Md. For the first time, she was about to tell the world what it felt like to lose all desire to have sex. For years, she'd kept quiet, because the Georgetown-trained securities lawyer, mother of four and fixtur...