A new campaign is calling for tech giants to introduce a wider variety of emoji to represent women who wear hijabs.

A new campaign is calling for tech giants to introduce a wider variety of emoji to represent women who wear hijabs.

P&G’s haircare brand Rejoice is championing greater representation for hijabis with an emoji pack and a campaign titled #RejoiceEmojiMe, encouraging the world to #SeeBeyondTheHijab. The emoji ...

So, I went around it by adding a turban emoji and, you know, the normal girl emoji, with an arrow in-between [👳🏽‍♀️ 🔀 👩🏽], to somehow create a semblance of the hijab." ...

Rayouf Alhumedhi talks about her campaign for a hijab emoji, which is featured in the documentary "The Emoji Story." Emojis help people show emotion in digital spaces — but the little, pixelated ...

Rayouf Alhumedhi talks about her campaign for a hijab emoji, which is featured in the documentary "The Emoji Story." ...

The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has acquired two emojis — the hijab and an interracial couple — for its collection.

Emoji have become a ubiquitous form of communication. And like any form of language, they can have a social impact. The addition of a hijab emoji has provided some inclusivity to Muslim women ...

Meet Jenny 8. Lee, an advocate who urges inclusion and representation in emoji, and a subject of the new emoji documentary, “Picture Character.” ...

Picture Character, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, is a documentary about the origins, rise, and future of the emoji. It follows the journey of the hijab, mate, and period blood ...

But unlike implementing, say, a woman wearing a hijab, creating an icon for the span of interracial relationships isn't just one new emoji. It could be thousands.

People quickly took to Twitter to voice their dissatisfaction. the hijab is a symbol of oppression. by including it as an emoji you are showing your support for the oppression of women. — Joeymp ...