A Muslim teen has issued a passionate appeal to the organization that oversees the creation of emojis, proposing a number of symbols that represent her faith, including a man wearing a keffiyeh (headscarf) and a woman wearing a hijab.
Rayouf Alhumedhi, 15, wrote a proposal to Unicode Consortium, the group that oversees such pitches, saying she believes it is essential that Muslims be represented. She wrote that "pictures prove to be a crucial element in communication" in the "age of digitalization," according to The Huffington Post.
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