Citations:hijabista

English citations of hijabista

Noun: "a Muslim woman or girl who dresses stylishly while conforming to the Islamic modesty code (hijab)"

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• 2007 — Syed Mansoor Hussain, "All mimsy were the borogoves", Daily Times, 16 April 2007:

  But then, nothing much might come of all this, especially if local hijabistas create a major diversion in the Florida meeting and attack all the APPNA women walking around in sleeveless kameez-kurtas without dupattas and all the men without beards.

• 2009 — Carol Huang, "The Muslim veil: modesty has its own style", The Christian Science Monitor, 12 December 2009:

  Whatever the look, hijabistas share one style principle: This is not their mother’s head scarf – conservative, plain, a little too formless.

• 2010 — Shaimaa Khalil, "Muslim designers mix the hijab with latest fashions", BBC News, 14 May 2010:

  They get inspiration from the catwalk, the high street and fashion magazines, and they give it a hijab-friendly twist - making sure that everything except the face and hands are covered.

  They are known as Hijabistas.

• 2010 — Jerome Taylor, "Beautiful and Islamic: the new look on the catwalk", The Independent, 2 July 2010:

  Welcome to the world inhabited by the "Hijabistas", a trendy set of up and coming Muslim fashion designers who are doing their bit to forge an indigenous British Islamic identity.

• 2011 — Adline A. Ghani, "Asian Muslim Women's Fashions of the Past", Aquila, May/June 2011:

  With the rise of Muslim fashion blogs, hijabistas asserting their tastes, and Muslim women designers making their mark, Muslimahs nowadays have more fashion and style choices than ever before.