Hijabi Emoji
07.11
Soon, headscarf-wearing Muslim women may find an emoji
to represent them 15-year-old, Rayouf Alhumedh, Saudi girl.
She said that the fact that there hasn't been an
emoji to
So, Rayouf, who lives in
Berlin, proposed the idea to The Unicode Consortium, the
non-profit corporation that reviews and develops new emojis.
Alexis Ohanian, co-found of Reddit,
backs her idea of an emoji of a woman wearing a hijab. He hosted an online discussion Tuesday where Rayouf talked about
her idea.
Some, Rayouf said, were opposed,
calling it "unnecessary" and a "symbol of oppression."
But most were on board.
She said people in general wanted to
strive for diversity.
Rayouf will present her proposal in
person to Emojicon and the Unicode Technical Committee in November.
And chances are great that an emoji
of a hijabi will on phones by next year.
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this is awesome!! why didn't someone think of this sooner??
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