How a refugee went from Target cashier to famed supermodel — without sacrificing her hijab
Discovered on Instagram, Ugbad Abdi's journey from Somali refugee raised in Des Moines, Iowa, to high fashion supermodel is a ...
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How a refugee went from Target cashier to famed supermodel — without sacrificing her hijab
The summer before eighth grade ... While Abdi says she never felt discriminated against in the fashion world for her hijab or her modesty, both were new to some of her peers.
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New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa to abaya
Young women in Afghanistan are rejecting the traditional burqa for more comfortable abayas and hijabs, challenging ...
Federal jury convicts 2 of Iran-backed murder-for-hire plot to kill U.S. journalist
The journalist, Masih Alinejad, was targeted for her criticisms of Iran's human rights abuses across the globe.
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'Showing your face is a sin': Younger Afghan women ditch the burqa for the abaya
Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a ...
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A New Age of Iranian Cinema Is on Display at the Oscars
These rules ban depictions of women without a hijab, the consumption of alcohol ... left Iran in the summer of 2023 after a run-in with intelligence agents over her support of the protests.