NEW YORK -- For the first time ever, Barbie will wear a hijab. Mattel, which makes Barbie, announced Monday that the latest doll in its "Shero" collection will be modeled after Olympic fencer Ibtihaj ...

"I'm proud to know that little girls everywhere can now play with a Barbie who chooses to wear hijab! This is a childhood dream come true," the Olympian tweeted. Ibtihaj Muhammad made history at the ...

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Ibtihaj Muhammad is no stranger to making history. In her 2016 Olympic debut with Team USA, Muhammad became the first Muslim-American athlete to compete in a hijab. Subscribe to read this story ...

Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad made history in 2016 when she became the first hijab-wearing U.S. athlete to qualify for the Olympics and the first Muslim-American woman to medal at the games. But the road to ...

Barbie continues to be a more inclusive brand, as we now have the first Barbie to wear a hijab. The doll is modeled after Ibtihaj Muhammad, who was the first competing Olympian to wear a hijab while ...

The sport hijab has gone mainstream. Nike's "pro hijab" went on sale in the US Wednesday after rolling out in parts of Europe, Asia and Africa earlier in the month. Nike's campaign comes complete with ...

Writer for Movieweb since 2017. Enjoys playing Catan when not writing about superheroes and Star Wars. Mattel has made history with the first hijab-wearing Barbie to honor Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad.

This story appears in the Rio Olympics feature series. View the full series. U.S. Olympic team fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad poses for a portrait at the U.S. Olympic Committee media summit in Beverly Hills, ...

"The Proudest Blue: A Story Of Hijab And Family" by Ibtihaj Muhammad, with S. K. Ali. Art by Hatem Aly. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) The new children's book “The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family” ...