Muslim Woman
Becomes First to Wear Hijab in ‘Playboy’ Magazine
by Daniel Nussbaum 28 Sep 2016
A Muslim journalist
has become the first woman to pose in a hijab in this month’s issue of Playboy magazine.
Twenty-two year-old Noor Tagouri appears in the magazine’s
October 2016 issue,
fully clothed and wearing the traditional Muslim head covering, as part of the
publication’s Renegades series, an issue dedicated to rule-breakers in their
respective industries.
“As a badass activist with a passion for demanding change
and asking the right questions, accompanied by beauty-ad-campaign looks,
Tagouri forces us to ask ourselves why we have such a hard time wrapping our
minds around a young woman who consciously covers her head and won’t take no
for an answer,” the feature accompanying Tagouri in the magazine reads.
Tagouri, who graduated from the University of Maryland and now
works as an on-air reporter for video news network Newsy, told Playboy
that she doesn’t pay attention to those who criticize her appearance.
“It’s just negative energy and unhealthy,” she told the
magazine. “I make sure to keep a great circle of people around me who keep me
grounded.”
The journalist also said that wearing a hijab while
working often encourages sensitive sources to trust her.
“To be honest, I think being a hijabi Muslim woman,
helped me gain that trust. I know what it’s like to have the narrative of our
community be skewed and exploited in the media,” she told Playboy. “I
was like, ‘Hey, I know what it’s like to be misrepresented in the media. I
won’t do that to you. I want to tell your story because it’s important and
deserves justice.'”
Tagouri’s photo spread comes a little less than a year
after Playboy announced the most significant change in its 60-year
history, that it would stop
publishing nude photos in its magazines.
The spread also comes as the hijab has begun to penetrate
some fashion circles. Earlier this month, 28-year-old Indonesian designer
Anniesa Hasibuan debuted
the first collection to feature all models wearing hijabs at New York
Fashion Week.
University of Maryland
Sherrilyn Ifill
is a law professor at the University of
Maryland, a global board member for the Open Society Foundations, the president & director-counsel for
the NAACP Legal Defense &
Educational Fund, and was the chair, U.S. programs for the Open Society Foundations.
Note: Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress, the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and the American Constitution Society.
George
Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and
a supporter for the Center for American
Progress.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the People for the American Way, the Committee for
Economic Development, and the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Christie Hefner
is the spokesperson for the Center for
American Progress, Hugh Hefner’s
daughter, and was the chair & CEO for the Playboy Enterprises.
Hugh
Hefner is Christie Hefner’s
father, and was the founder of the Playboy
Enterprises.
Jacques S.
Gansler is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and a professor at the University of Maryland.
William E. Mayer
is a director at the Atlantic Council of
the United States (think tank), and a trustee at the University of Maryland.
Mary Frances
Berry is a senior director at the NAACP
Legal Defense & Educational Fund, a director at the People for the American Way, and was a provost
at the University of Maryland.
William E. Kirwan
is a trustee at the Committee for
Economic Development, the chancellor for the University System of Maryland, and was the president for the University of Maryland.
John D.
Steinbruner was a director of the Foreign Policy Studies Program for the Brookings Institution (think tank), and
is a professor at the University of
Maryland.
Carol L. Graham
was a senior fellow at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), and is a professor at the University of Maryland.
William A.
Galston is a senior fellow at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), and a professor at the University of Maryland.
Teresa Heinz
Kerry is an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), the vice chair for the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment,
and married to John F. Kerry.
Rita R. Colwell
was a trustee at the H. John Heinz III
Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, and is a professor at
the University of Maryland.
John
F. Kerry is married to Teresa Heinz
Kerry, the secretary at the U.S.
Department of State for the Barack
Obama administration, and Cameron F.
Kerry’s brother.
Cameron F. Kerry
is John F. Kerry’s brother, a fellow
at the Brookings Institution (think tank),
and was an associate at Wilmer Cutler
Pickering Hale and Dorr.
Debo P. Adegbile
is a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering
Hale and Dorr, a director at the American
Constitution Society, and was the acting president & director-counsel
for the NAACP Legal Defense &
Educational Fund.
Sherrilyn Ifill
is the president & director-counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, a global board member
for the Open Society Foundations, a law
professor at the University of Maryland,
and was the chair, U.S. programs for the Open
Society Foundations.
Open Society
Foundations was a funder for the American
Constitution Society, the Center for
American Progress, the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and the Human Rights Watch.
George Soros is the
founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a supporter for the Center for American Progress, and a
benefactor for the Human Rights Watch.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the People for the American Way, the Committee for Economic Development, the
Brookings Institution (think tank), the
Center for American Progress, and
the Human Rights Watch.
Christie Hefner
is the spokesperson for the Center for
American Progress, Hugh Hefner’s
daughter, and was the chair & CEO for the Playboy Enterprises.
Hugh
Hefner is Christie Hefner’s
father, and was the founder of the Playboy
Enterprises.
Gara LaMarche was
a VP & director of U.S. programs for the Open Society Foundations, an associate director for the Human Rights Watch, a director at the White House Project, and is a director
at the Open Society Policy Center.
Sherrilyn Ifill
was the chair, U.S. programs for the Open
Society Foundations, is a director at the Open Society Policy Center, the president & director-counsel
for the NAACP Legal Defense &
Educational Fund, a global board member for the Open Society Foundations, and a law professor at the University of Maryland.
Daisy
Khan was a director at
the White House Project, is an executive
director for the American Society for
Muslim Advancement, and the developer for Park51.
Muslim
Leaders of Tomorrow is a sponsor for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Park51
Park51 (originally
named Cordoba House) was to be a
13-story Islamic
community center
in Lower Manhattan including a "Muslim community center and a mosque."[6]
The developers hoped to promote an interfaith
dialogue within the greater community.[6]
Due to its location two blocks from the World Trade Center site,[7][8] it has been widely and controversially referred to as
the "Ground Zero mosque".[9]
Numerous commentators disputed that characterization.
Park51 would have replaced an
existing 1850s building of Italianate style that was damaged in the September 11 attacks.
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