Emojis have become a part of everyday life with people often using them instead of words.
A 15-year-old Muslim girl...
Emojis have become a part of everyday life with people often using them instead of words.
A 15-year-old Muslim girl living in Germany wants to use emojis to better represent Muslim women. Rayouf Alhumedhi has sent a proposal to a non-profit which develops emojis to create a series of headscarf emojis.
In her proposal the 15-year-old points out that there is no representation for 550 million Muslim women who wear the hijab, while there is an emoji of a man wearing a turban.
The proposal for a hijab emoji comes at a time when Islamophobia is on the rise in Europe.