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1. The New York Times – Lens – Photography
Video: Julie Winokur and Ed Kashi, presented by Talking Eyes Media and Newest Americans
At Rutgers University—Newark, Muslim women who wear a hijab talk about their lives.
2. An Iranian Woman Just Won An Olympic Medal For The First Time
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Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin has made history by becoming the first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal. She took home the bronze when she beat Sweden’s Nikita Glasnovic in the Women’s 57 kilogram Taekwondo event in Rio on Thursday. Egypt’s Hedaya Wahba also won bronze in the same event.
“I am so happy for Iranian girls because it is the first medal, and I hope at the next Olympics we will get a gold,” Zenoorin said after her win.
[tweetthis]AKimia Alizadeh Zenoorin made history as Iran’s first female to win an Olympic medal. [/tweetthis]
3. Khalid Jabara: 5 Fast Facts You Need To Know
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Heavy.com breaks down what happened during the shooting and how the community and word has reacted.
4. This Is Why People Are Crazy About The Halal Food Scene Right Now
Aisha Gani/BuzzFeed
Tickets were sold out as halal foodies lined up around the block at Tobacco Docks in Wapping, east London, to get the chance to sample mocktails, new wraps and to watch celebrity chefs do what they do best. According to BuzzFeed News, organizers said 5,000 tickets were sold for the first day of the only halal food festival in the UK.
BuzzFeed News writes about 13 of the most popular and interesting items featured at the festival which showcased everything from Mecca Cola to ready-to-eat meals for millennials.
[tweetthis]The halal food festival in east London offered goers everything from fancy cocktails to sushi burritos.[/tweetthis]
5. Burkini Changing Lives For Muslim Women
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News.com.au speaks with Siham Karra-Hassan who was just 15-years-old when her older brother took to her a public pool in western Sydney to teach her to to swim.
She jumped in, excited, wearing a cotton shirt and trousers only to be told a few seconds later by a lifeguard that she had to exit the pool because she wasn’t properly dressed.
“It was the most embarrassing moment of my life,” she said.
Karra-Hassan told the website that she didn’t enter a pool again for the next 20 years.
“And then came the burkini, and it changed my life,” said Karra-Hassan, who came to Australia when she was three. “It allowed me to go to the pool again. I learned swimming at the age of 35.”
Now, thanks to the two-piece swimsuit that covers the full body (known as the burkini), swimming has become part of her regular exercise regime, helping her fight postnatal depression.
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