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Fri May 10

The black Muslim female fashion trailblazers who came before model Halima Aden

Written by Kayla Renée Wheeler, Assistant Professor of Area & Global Studies and Digital Studies, Grand Valley State University

Halima Aden, the first Muslim model to wear a hijab and burkini on the cover of the swimsuit edition of the Sports Illustrated.Yu Tsai

Media reports have celebrated Halima Aden becoming the first woman to be featured in the Sports Illustrated annual swimsuit edition wearing a hijab or a burkini. In the past, she has appeared on the covers of...

The black Muslim female fashion trailblazers who came before model Halima Aden

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