Siham’s older sisters, Sumayyah, 19, and Ilham, 17, both wore longer skirts to school without issue.
Hamud, an athletics coach, said his daughter was being denied an education because of her religious beliefs.
“All Siham wants to do is to wear a skirt which is a few centimetres longer than her classmates, and I don’t know why the school has such a problem with this. She is sent home to change into a shorter skirt then return to school later that day – but she isn’t going to change her beliefs in an hour.
“The school is threatening to take legal action against me, but I’m not forcing her to wear a longer skirt – it’s her faith and her decision to make. She used to love school, but now she goes to school crying because of this – it’s heartbreaking.”