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11-14-2017, 03:01 AM
Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad is getting her own Barbie
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Barbie's newest "Shero" is Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad.
Muhammad made history (http://mashable.com/2016/08/08/ibtihaj-muhammad-eliminated/) in 2016 as the first American athlete to compete in the Olympics while wearing a hijab, and now she's breaking barriers again as the first hijab-wearing Barbie doll.*
SEE ALSO: This nonprofit is selling tiny $6 hijabs for children to put on their dolls (http://mashable.com/2017/03/17/hello-hijab-muslim-dolls/)
The announcement was made at Glamour's "Woman of the Year" summit, where last year (http://mashable.com/2016/11/15/ashley-graham-barbie-body-positivity/)'s "Shero" Ashley Graham presented Muhammad with the new doll, according to a press release (http://barbiemedia.com/news/detail/154.html) from Barbie.*
Muhammad tweeted that it was a "childhood dream come true" to have a Barbie made in her image.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/13/ibtihaj-muhammad-hijab-shero-barbie/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Barbie's newest "Shero" is Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad.
Muhammad made history (http://mashable.com/2016/08/08/ibtihaj-muhammad-eliminated/) in 2016 as the first American athlete to compete in the Olympics while wearing a hijab, and now she's breaking barriers again as the first hijab-wearing Barbie doll.*
SEE ALSO: This nonprofit is selling tiny $6 hijabs for children to put on their dolls (http://mashable.com/2017/03/17/hello-hijab-muslim-dolls/)
The announcement was made at Glamour's "Woman of the Year" summit, where last year (http://mashable.com/2016/11/15/ashley-graham-barbie-body-positivity/)'s "Shero" Ashley Graham presented Muhammad with the new doll, according to a press release (http://barbiemedia.com/news/detail/154.html) from Barbie.*
Muhammad tweeted that it was a "childhood dream come true" to have a Barbie made in her image.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/13/ibtihaj-muhammad-hijab-shero-barbie/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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