At first, many questioned why she started wearing the veil and she received comments such as: "you should take the veil off".
- Before they could look askance at me, but then they started talking about me and pointing.
I had friends who stopped talking to me, but they weren't real friends back then.
Maya tells us that it is not talked about as much at school now.
She also doesn't get comments about her veiling as often as last spring, but her old friends haven't returned.
- It's hard because I see them every day and we don't talk at all anymore, she says.
Prästamossekolan's principal Cecilia Hansson cannot comment on individual cases but believes that there is zero tolerance towards all types of violations and discrimination.
- It is difficult to answer if we find out everything that happens, but if someone is subjected to abuse or discrimination and it comes to our attention, we immediately take measures, she says.
Veil ban or not - the shawl will remain
In just over a month, the administrative court may be finished with the investigation into whether Skurup's municipality may, according to law, implement a headscarf ban or not.
- It feels great that nothing has happened yet, but I think maybe it will happen anyway, says Maya.
But if there is a veil ban, you still have to follow the rules, right?
- I won't do it.
But if they force me, I'll put on a shawl or maybe a hat.
Hear Maya herself tell about what it's like to wear a veil in Skurup.