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These Dolls Were Created To Inspire Young Muslim Girls To Dream Big

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These Dolls Were Created To Inspire Young Muslim Girls To Dream Big

By Carol Kuruvilla via https://www.huffingtonpost.com

The Salam Sisters dolls, which have rearrangeable hijabs, are loosely inspired by real-life Muslim women.

A Dubai-based company has created a set of dolls that it hopes inspires young Muslim girls to take pride in their faith and become community leaders.

The five Salam Sisters dolls were designed by Zileej, a faith-based creative company, to help Muslim girls feel connected with their roots and comfortable in their identities. The very first shipments of the dolls were sent out to customers in mid-August, the company said.

“We want young girls who don’t often see their cultural identities and faith represented in a relatable way to know that they can be proud of their backgrounds,” said Ansarullah Ridwan Mohammed, co-founder of Zileej. “We want them to see that all of who they are is uniquely beautiful — even when it sounds like the world is telling them that they don’t…

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