BY: Julia Jahanpour/Contributing Writer The leading sportswear producer, Nike, has just released plans to start selling the Nike Pro Hijab in Spring 2018. The design comes after consulting with many female Muslim athletes about what they need from a hijab while participating in sports. Breathability, endurance, streamlined style, and strength were all requirements. The Pro … Continued
Yeezy Season 5. Courtesy of Yeezy By Jenna Amatulli The Huffington Post The 19-year-old model and Muslim refugee made her New York Fashion Week debut and walked Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 5 fashion show on Wednesday, wearing a black hijab with a golden fur coat and black pointed boots. IMG Models, who now represents Aden, … Continued
Photo: Kathy Najmy By May Bulman The Independent An Arab American actress is encouraging women to wear head scarves on Donald Trump‘s inauguration day in a show of solidarity with Muslim women who wear the hijab. Kathy Najimy, best known for starring in Sister Act and Disney’s Hocus Pocus, recommended women attending an anti-inauguration march in Washington on Friday … Continued
By Harry Cockburn The Independent Police Scotland has announced that the hijab will become part of its official uniform as it aims to create a more diverse force. The force said they hope the move will “encourage women from Muslim communities, who may previously not have seen policing as a career option, to reconsider”. In … Continued
By Fatema Dabdoub, We Are Not Numbers What comes to your mind when Hitler and the Nazis are mentioned? Killings, injustice, discrimination, atrocity and craziness, right? Does it occur to you that Hitler was Christian and that therefore, his crimes should be attributed to Christianity? No! And that’s how it should be. What about the Israeli … Continued
Egyptians are cautiously rejoicing over the recent appointment of a veiled Egyptian American Muslim woman as an advisor to President Obama. Dalia Mogahed, senior analyst and executive director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, was appointed this month to Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Arabs are closely watching for signs that … Continued
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