Over the last year, emoji developers and public figures have argued that the universal emoji keyboard makes it difficult, if not impossible, for women to represent themselves beyond a bride or ...

In a proposal published this week, 15-year-old Rayouf Alhumedhi called on the Unicode Consortium to add an emoji of a woman wearing a head scarf, noting that around 550 million Muslim women wear ...

Millions of Muslim women who wear the traditional headscarf are finally getting an emoji that represents them — and it’s all thanks to a teenage girl from Saudi Arabia.

If you're upset about an emoji that represents Muslim women, it's time to ask yourself some larger questions. By Matthew Rozsa. Published July 18, 2017 3:42PM (EDT) ...

And that is something the 15-year-old high school student decided to change. The teenager, who lives in Berlin and is originally from Saudi Arabia, is the lead author on a new proposal for a hijab ...

When Rayouf Alhumedhi’s friends wanted to identify themselves to one another in a WhatsApp group chat, they didn’t rely on their names. Instead, each friend used an emoji.

A Muslim Teen Has Officially Proposed An Emoji Of A Woman In A Head Scarf If accepted, it would appear on keyboards in fall 2017. By Luke McCormick. September 16, 2016 ...

Headscarf-wearing women now have an emoji of their own, thanks to a 16-year-old Saudi girl. Ad Feedback. World. Africa ... “But overall, I think the Muslim community will benefit from it.

When Rayouf Alhumedhi’s friends wanted to identify themselves to one another in a WhatsApp group chat, they didn’t rely on their names. Instead, each friend used an emoji.

That's why, frustrated by emoji options that didn't look like her, she created a formal proposal for hijab-wearing emojis to Unicode Consortium, which sets the standards for symbols on keyboards.

Headscarf-wearing women now have an emoji of their own, thanks to a 16-year-old Saudi girl. Ad Feedback. World. Africa ... “But overall, I think the Muslim community will benefit from it.