The burkini and the hijab, typically worn by Muslim women, are at the epicentre of public attention. While the former creat ed a viral storm after a few French beach towns banned it, the latter has just shot into media glare.
Canada has got its first hijab-clad news anchor; a Muslim woman entered the semi-finals of the Miss Minnesota USA pageant wearing one; and a designer sent models on the ramp wearing a hijab at the New York Fashion Week to a huge applause. The recent instances are slowly making people sit up and take notice of this attire. Here's more on how it's becoming mainstream...
WHERE IT REALLY KICKED OFF
The trend goes back to this year's Rio Olympics when Egyptian Doaa El-Ghobashy became the first beach volleyball player to wear a hijab. Pictures of her facing a swimsuit-clad German player went viral. It was hailed as how volleyball should not be sexualised, but give room to players to wear what they want. “I have worn the hijab for 10 years. It doesn't keep me away from the things I love to do, and beach volleyball is one of them,“ Doaa said.
SHE JUST COMPETED IN A BEAUTY PAGEANT IN A HIJAB
Halima Aden, 19, made headlines two days ago, when she became the first contestant to participate in Miss Minnesota USA pageant in a hijab and burkini. The Somali-American teenager made it to the semi-finals wearing a hijab. She also wore the full-body burkini dur ing the swimsuit competition, standing out in contrast to 44 other contestants. A website also quoted her as saying, “An extra layer of clothing does not define your beauty , because beauty is within.“
CANADA MADE WAY FOR IT
A Toronto television journalist, Ginella Massa, is believed to be Canada's first anchor to don a hijab on air. The 29-year-old ended her broadcast last week with this tweet: “That's a wrap! Tonight wasn't just important for me. I don't think a woman in hijab has ever anchored a newscast in Canada.“
She later added that her phone was ringing non-stop. “ As much as I knew it was important, I didn't expect the reaction that I received. My phone hasn't stopped buzzing for the last week,“ Massa said.
IT'S HUGE ON THE RAMP
This October, Indonesian designer Anniesa Hasibuan, defied the norm when she showcased all the models in hijabs for her collection at the New York Fashion Week, winning praise from critics for her glittering gowns, lacy trains and flowing tunics. Hasibuan was delighted and said it was “totally unexpected“. It was the first time that the event saw this happen.
THIS HIJABI WEIGHTLIFTER IS EYEING THE OLYMPICS
Dubai girl Amna Al Haddad, a hijabi weightlifter, smashed stereotypes and inspired women around her when she created secured an Olympic berth for the UAE in weightlifting. She is the only Muslim to do so in a headscarf.
AUSTRALIAN BALLERINA WEARS ONE
Australian schoolgirl, Stephanie Kurlow wants to be the first hijabi ballerina in the world and loves to pirouette in her headscarf. For someone who loves to dance, she wears a headscarf over her tutu and plans to open a dancing school for girls.
MAKE-UP BRAND FEATURES FIRST MODEL IN HIJAB
This November, a well-known international make-up brand launched a campaign featuring a woman in a hijab for the first time. In a statement, the woman, Nura Afia, said she never thought she would see Muslim women represented on this scale after “growing up and being insecure about wearing the hijab“.
IT GETS ITS OWN EMOJI, TOO
A 15-year-old Saudi girl who lives in Germany -Rayouf Alhumedhi -proposed the idea of a series of `headscarf emoji'. She realised in a social media chat with her friends that there was no emoji to represent her, a headscarf-wearing woman. She then sent the proposal to an organisation that develops new emojis, saying, “In this day and age, representation is extremely important.“
The emoji was approved.
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