UMatel Ulingise UBarbie Wokuqala Ogqoke I-Hijab Ngemva kuka-Ibtihaj Muhammad

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UMatel usanda kukhipha unodoli omusha we-badass ofana no-Ibtihaj Muhammad, i-Olympic fencer kanye nomMelika wokuqala ukuncintisana kule Midlalo ngenkathi egqoke i-hijab. (U-Muhammad uphinde wakhuluma nathi ngekusasa labesifazane abangamaSulumane kwezemidlalo.)

UMuhammad ungumhlonishwa wakamuva njengengxenye yohlelo lukaBarbie Shero, "oluhlonipha abesifazane abaphula imingcele ukukhuthaza isizukulwane samantombazane esilandelayo." "UShero" wangonyaka odlule, u-Ashley Graham, wethule uMuhammad ngendondo kwiGlamour Women of the Year Summit, kanti udoli uzotholakala ukuze uthengwe ngo-2018. (Bheka iBarbie eyenziwe ukuthi ifane noGraham.)

Kuphephile ukusho ukuthi u-Muhammad unemisebenzi eminingi yamantombazane ayifisayo: Uphonsele inselelo imibono engaguquki ngenkathi eba umsubathi wokuqala we-Olympian wase-U.S. ukuncintisana egqoke i-hijab, wayengomunye Isikhathi Umagazini othi "100 Most Influential People" ka-2016, futhi usanda kwethula umugqa wezingubo, uLouella.

"Enye yamantombazane amane, ngadlala noBarbies ngaze ngaba neminyaka eyi-15, ngakho-ke kunzima ukuchaza ukuthi ngijabule kanjani," kusho uMuhammad. "Ukuthi uBarbie abe yinkampani yokuqala enkulu ukuba nodoli ku-hijab kupholile futhi kuyabheda. Engikuthanda kakhulu ngalesi sikhathi ukuthi amantombazane amancane azokwazi ukungena esitolo samathoyizi futhi abone lokho okumelwe okungakaze kube khona ngaphambili. " (I-ICYMI, kulo nyaka uNike ube yisikhulu sokuqala sezemidlalo ukwenza i-hijab yokusebenza.)

Ungalindela ukuthi unodoli abukeke njengoMuhammad ngale kwe-hijab, futhi-kusuka ohlotsheni lomzimba kuya ekwakhekeni. "Bengihlale ngitshelwa ukuthi nginemilenze emikhulu ngisakhula, kodwa ngomdlalo ngikwazile ukufunda ukwazisa umzimba wami ngendlela obuyiyo-ngaphandle kwezithombe zabesifazane ababondlekile, abamhlophe abanezinwele ezimhlophe namehlo aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka engizibone ku-TV nomagazini, ngakwazi ukukhula njengengane egobile, ensundu futhi ngithanda usayizi wami namandla engangingawafinyelela ngenxa yokubiyela. Ngakho ukuba nemilenze eqinile uBarbie kwakubaluleke ngempela kimi, "kusho u-Muhammad. "Bekudingeka futhi ukuthi abe ne-eyeliner enhle enamaphiko ngoba ingenye yezinto ezingenza ngizizwe ngimkhulu - isihlangu sami samandla."

Ngenkathi ukudlala ukugqoka noma onodoli kuvame ukubukelwa phansi, uMuhammad uphikisa ngolaka ukuthi ikhono lamantombazane lokucabanga ngezinto ezahlukahlukene abangahle babe ngazo, futhi bazibone ezindaweni ezahlukene, libalulekile. "Angicabangi ukuthi kukhona okungalungile ngokuthi amantombazane amancane afune ukugqoka izimonyo noma ukudlala indima ethile ngonodoli bawo-kanye nokuba onodoli bawo babe abantu besifazane ababi emgqeni wocingo, e-hijab."

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