Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
Noor Tagouri, a 19-year-old college student, wants to become the first Muslim hijabi anchorwoman in America. Last December, she was a relatively unknown entity on Facebook who posted a picture of … [Read more...]
Photo Credit: Mustafa Ozer/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The hijab is a polarizing topic for many in Turkey, and until very recently, female government employees were banned from even wearing … [Read more...]
Photo Credit: OurQuadCities Local 4 News, the CBS affiliate for the Quad Cities region on the Illinois-Iowa border, announced that its new on-air reporter, Tahera Rahman, is “the first full-time … [Read more...]
Photo Credit: Mvslim American police departments seem split on whether to allow Muslim policewomen to wear hijabs. Of the 25 largest police departments in the country, seven allow officers to wear … [Read more...]
Photo Credit: New York TImes Muslim Frenchwomen Struggle With “Laicite” Laws has garnered a lot of attention, and in this new piece for the New York Times, over two dozen Muslim women explain why … [Read more...]
Photo Credit: Flickr Surprised to learn that women with edgy haircuts such as mohawks and rainbow colored hair wear the hijab? If so, read on — Read more ... … [Read more...]
Photo Credit: Haute Hijab This just in on the “modesty movement” in fashion from none-other than Elle magazine and Haute Hijab- “Something interesting is brewing in fashion. You may have caught … [Read more...]
Photo Credit: Washington Post In the wake of the recent slaying of 17-year-old Nabra Hassanen near a Virginia mosque, Muslim young women who wear the hijab are saying that they are facing resistance … [Read more...]
Photo Credit: Huffington Post In this Huffington Post piece, real women talk about wearing the hijab (religious headscarf). As one woman says: “I find Hijab to be empowering, because in Islam, Hijab … [Read more...]
Photo Credit: Daily Beast A young woman participates in World Hijab Day and finds that strangers treated her better than her own family. Read more ... … [Read more...]
