Monday's topics: anger over Pope Benedict's remarks about Islam and a fashion show in Madrid ban models who are too skinny. Guests: Callie Crossley, a social and cultural commentator on the Boston ...
Four months ago, Halima Aden was just another college student in St. Cloud, Minnesota. But now the teenager, who made headlines in November as the first Muslim woman to compete in the Miss Minnesota ...
*Model Halima Aden has announced that she is quitting the runway life after losing touch with her own reality while navigating the fashion industry. The 23-year-old shared a series of childhood photos ...
For those who have followed the growing representation of Muslim women in mainstream fashion campaigns, UK model Mariah Idrissi is probably the most familiar face. From making history as the first ...
Ever since Halima Aden strutted her way to the semifinals of the Miss Minnesota USA pageant last year, becoming the first contestant to wear a hijab and a burkini, she has been unstoppable. She signed ...
KRUMOVGRAD, Bulgaria (Reuters) - Twenty years after Bulgaria's then-Communist regime mounted an official campaign of persecution against its Muslim minority, Mustafa Yumer fears rising xenophobia ...
Even though she’s just 19, Halima Aden is already used to breaking down barriers. Last year, Aden was the first Muslim student elected homecoming queen at her high school. She was also the first hijab ...