Women of various faiths are wearing the hijab during the month of Ramadan as part of a unique challenge to shine a light on the discrimination faced by Muslim women who wear the headscarf.
Ellie Lloyd, and her 11-year-old daughter Grace, are two non-Muslim women participating in the 30-day .
The duo who reside in Qatar is taking part in the challenge which involves wearing the headscarf to raise awareness around the bigotry aimed at hijab-wearing Muslims.
The WHD organisation was founded by New York resident Nazma Khan in an attempt to open up new pathways to understanding why Muslim women choose to wear the hijab.
Ms Khan said participants like the Lloyds would help break negative stereotypes.
"We are not only proud of our participants of 30 Day Ramadan hijab challenge but truly humbled and honoured by their outpouring support," Ms Khan told SBS News.
"They are making a huge difference by bringing awareness of hijab which is very much misunderstood especially in the western world. Through their participation, we are hoping to break the negative stereotypes hijab-wearing women face worldwide on a daily basis."
Young Grace Lloyd, a British Christian, was the youngest participant to take on the challenge.
Initially nervous about how her efforts would be received at her majority Muslim school in Qatar, Grace said her classmates applauded her efforts to stand in solidarity with Muslim women.
"I was very self-conscious that morning because I didn't know how people would react. But when I was about to walk in [to school] I heard 'wooo' and when I went in everyone was clapping in my class and it was really nice," Grace said in a YouTube video.
"There was a lot of questions during the day, it kind of started to be overwhelming, but I think I did well."
On her , Grace said she is wearing the hijab to "fight the prejudice, religious hatred and Islamophobia that surrounds it".
"I usually wear the black one, I feel more comfortable with it because all the people in my class wear it too."
Her mother, Ellie, is the executive director and ambassador for WHD in Qatar and said the 30-day challenge offered non-Muslim women just a small glimpse into the type of discrimination those wearing a hijab tolerate on a daily basis.
"What we are doing by doing this 30-day challenge is we are getting only a small glimpse of what hijab-wearing women face every single day," she said in a Facebook post on day two of the challenge.
"That level of prejudice, when they're standing at the bus stop and the person next to them takes a few steps away from them...or when they have abuse shouted at them.
"It's exactly for that reason we are raising awareness, we want to stop this prejudice, we want to stop this bigotry, we want to stop this hatred, we want to stop this level of Islamaphobia. We have two generations here that are taking part in the challenge."
What we are doing by doing this 30-day challenge is we are getting only a small glimpse of what hijab-wearing women face every single day - Ellie Lloyd
Brazilian student Pamela Zafred, 18, who was raised as a Catholic, was also taking part in the challenge.
"I went to the gym [wearing the Hijab], and I could hear incessant jokes about me," she told Al Jazeera.
"Our classes were conducted in groups, but no one chose to stay with me until the instructor divided the groups himself."
