Josh Goldberg is Simone's love interest.This ends their flirtation, but after Leila runs away, they begin to rebuild their friendship. Adam attempts to kiss Amal at his birthday party, but she rejects his advances, choosing to stand by her religion. Adam Keane is Amal's crush, chemistry partner, and one of her close friends.Unlike Simone and Amal, Eileen never comes close to having a romantic relationship.
Eileen previously studied Japanese dance, and is interested in a creative arts degree, much to her parents' dismay. She forms a romantic relationship with Josh. Simone gets discouraged easily, and has a low self-esteem. Since she is slightly overweight, Simone tries many fad diets, and is constantly bullied by Tia about her weight. She is sixteen years old and is a natural blonde. Originally portrayed as a grumpy old lady who Amal dislikes, she and Amal eventually connect over their stories about family and life as an immigrant. Yasmeen doesn't wear the hijab full-time, and attends a public high school with Leila. When in public, Yasmeen likes to pretend her name is Jasmine because she "thinks it's more exotic".
Yasmeen has white skin with a ton of freckles. She is sixteen years old and is an Australian Muslim of Pakistani and British descent with curly brown hair and brown eyes. She wears the hijab as a "full-timer", like Amal. Leila has a brother named Hakan who is deeply disrespectful of his parents and is extremely sexist towards his sister. She is seventeen years old and is a Turkish Muslim girl with dark brown hair, and deep brown eyes.
Leila Okulgen is one of Amal's friends.Amal has strong feelings for Adam Keane, but puts her religion before her heart when he tries to kiss her at his birthday party. While watching a Friends rerun, Amal is inspired by Rachel Green to wear the hijab as an act of responsibility and courage. Amal is deeply religious and very respectful of her family and elders. She is a sixteen-year-old Australian Palestinian-Muslim girl with green-blue eyes and light brown hair. Amal Mohamed Nasrullah Abdel-Hakim is the main protagonist of the story.This novel was adapted as a full-length play and is available from the Dramatic Publishing Company. Her decision leads to different reactions from her friends, family, and peers. The story revolves around (and is told from the view point of) a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who decides to wear the hijab, a religious veil, full-time. It won the Australian Book Industry Award and Australian Book of The Year Award for older children. It was released in Australia, by Pan MacMillan Australia, on 1 August 2005. Does My Head Look Big In This? is author Randa Abdel-Fattah's first novel.
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