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Great Women of Islam (2012), describing the roles of women in Arabia before and after the birth of Islam. Salman the Persian (2012), a retelling of the beloved story of Salman's quest for religious enlightenment.
Sabah (Arabic: صباح, Translation "Morning" [1]) is a 2005 film directed by Ruba Nadda and starring Arsinée Khanjian as Sabah, a traditional Muslim woman living in Toronto. She falls in love with Stephen, a non-Muslim Canadian man (played by Shawn Doyle). The film had the alternate title Coldwater. [2]
Ibtihaj Muhammad (born December 4, 1985) is an American sabre fencer, author, entrepreneur and Olympic medalist.At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she became the first American woman to compete in the Olympics in hijab, the first American Muslim woman to win an Olympic medal, [1] and the first Black woman to win an Olympic medal in the sabre event, when she won bronze in the women’s saber team event.
She was designed to be unlike Barbie and to be the traditional Muslim woman whose life revolves around home and family. [25] Some Muslim parents have claimed that if girls dress their dolls in headscarves, they will be more encouraged to wear a hijab themselves. [26] Fulla has been praised as giving girls a Muslim role model. [27]
The video was included by the De Young Museum in San Francisco in an exhibit on Muslim women's fashions in 2018. [24] Haydar's second single "Dog" featured Jackie Cruz of Orange Is the New Black. [25] [18] The video featured a public service announcement about violence against women, taking on the global problem of toxic patriarchy. [26]
Burka Avenger (Urdu: برقعہ ایوینجر) is a Pakistani animated television series created, directed and produced by Haroon. [3]Unicorn Black founder and international pop star Haroon (AKA Aaron Haroon Rashid) created the series as a way to emphasise the importance of girls’ education in Pakistan and abroad, as well as issues such as equality and discrimination. [4]
Back in New Jersey, she continued to feel closer to her Muslim identity and decided to wear the hijab as an act of resistance against Islamophobia. [ 8 ] [ 7 ] Due to the fact that there was no online community of young Muslim women, she decided to make her own and founded MuslimGirl.com in 2009 as a 17-year-old high school senior. [ 9 ]
Subsequently, the word has evolved in meaning and now usually denotes a Muslim woman's veil. [2] In English, the term refers predominantly to the head covering for women and its underlying religious precepts. [3] [4] Not all Muslims believe the hijab is mandated in Islam. [5] [6] [7]