UMatel ulinganise i-Hijab-yokuNxiba uBarbie wokuqala emva ko-Ibtihaj Muhammad
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UMatel ukhuphe nje unodoli omtsha ngokufana noIbtihaj Muhammad, umlobi weOlimpiki kunye nomMelika wokuqala ukukhuphisana kule midlalo ngelixa enxibe i-hijab. (UMuhammad wathetha nathi ngekamva labasetyhini abangamaSilamsi kwezemidlalo.)
U-Muhammad ungowokuhlonishwa kwamva nje njengenxalenye yenkqubo kaBarbie Shero, "eqaphela abafazi abaphula imida ukuze bakhuthaze isizukulwana esilandelayo samantombazana." U-shero wonyaka ophelileyo, u-Ashley Graham, unike uMuhammad iwonga kwi-Glamour Women of the Year Summit, kwaye unodoli uya kufumaneka ukuze athengwe ngo-2018.
Kukhuselekile ukuthi uMuhammad uneetoni zamantombazana ezinqwenela ukuwenza: Waphikisa umngeni xa waba yi-Olimpiki yokuqala evela e-US ukukhuphisana ngelixa enxibe i-hijab, wayengomnye wabo Ixesha Iphephancwadi "Abona bantu baninzi banefuthe" ngo-2016, kwaye kutshanje basungule umgca wempahla, uLouella.
"Enye yamantombazana amane, ndadlala noBarbies de ndaneminyaka eli-15, ngoko kunzima ukuchaza indlela endonwabe ngayo," uMuhammad usixelela. "Ukuba noBarbie abe yinkampani yokuqala enkulu ukuba nonodoli kwi-hijab kupholile kwaye kuyaphula umhlaba. Into endiyithanda kakhulu ngalo mzuzu kukuba amantombazana amancinci aya kuba nakho ukungena kwivenkile yokudlala kwaye abone ukumelwa okungazange kubekho apho ngaphambili." (ICYMI, kulo nyaka uNike waba ngowokuqala kwezemidlalo ukwenza i-hijab yokusebenza.)
Ungalindela unodoli ukuba ajonge njengo-Muhammad ngaphaya kwe-hijab, naye-ukusuka kuhlobo lomzimba ukuya kubuso. "Ndandihlala ndixelelwa ukuba ndinemilenze emikhulu ekukhuleni kwam, kodwa ngemidlalo ndikwazile ukufunda ukuwuthakazelela umzimba wam ngendlela obuyiyo-ngaphandle kwemifanekiso yabasetyhini ababhityileyo, abamhlophe abamhlophe abaneenwele ezimhlophe namehlo aluhlaza endiyibonileyo kumabonwakude." kunye neemagazini, ndikwazile ukukhula njengomntwana onzima, ontsundu kwaye ndithanda ubungakanani bam kunye namandla endinokuwafumana ngenxa yocingo. Ke ngoko uBarbie wam onemilenze eyomeleleyo wayebaluleke kakhulu kum, "utshilo uMuhammad. "Kwakudingeka ukuba abe ne-eyeliner egqibeleleyo kuba yenye yezinto ezenza ndizive ndikhulu-likhaka lam lamandla."
Ngelixa ukudlala ukunxiba okanye ngonodoli kuthanda ukuba kungabalulekanga, u-Muhammad uphikisa ukuba amandla amantombazana okucinga ngezinto ezahlukeneyo anokuba zizo, kwaye azibonele kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo, kubalulekile. "Andicingi ukuba kukho into engalunganga malunga namantombazana amancinci afuna ukuhombisa okanye ukudlala indima kunye noonodoli babo-kwaye nokuba noonodoli babo babe ngabadlali ababi kumgca wocingo, kwi-hijab."