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. In honor of World Emoji ...

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.