Somalis abroad in public life
Rawdah Mohamed (Rawdah Maxamed)
Rawdah Mohamed is a Somali-Norwegian model and activist. Born in Somalia, she moved to Norway aged eight, began street-style modelling at Oslo Fashion Week in 2019, started the #Handsoffmyhijab campaign in April 2021, and was named an editor of Vogue Scandinavia in May 2021.
Rawdah MohamedRawdah Maxamed
- Known as one of
- Somalis abroad in public life
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
Who is she?
Rawdah Mohamed is a Norwegian-Somali model, blogger, healthcare worker and activist (Wikipedia, Rawdah Mohamed). She was born in Somalia and moved to Norway with her family aged eight (same source). She has worked with children with autism and as a behavioural analyst (same source). See Somalis in Norway.
Modelling
Her international street-style career began at Oslo Fashion Week in August 2019 (Wikipedia). Her first magazine cover was Costume Norge in August 2019, and she has since appeared in Vogue and V Magazine (same source). In May 2021 she was named an editor of the new Vogue Scandinavia (same source).
#Handsoffmyhijab
In April 2021 she started the #Handsoffmyhijab campaign against a French Senate vote to ban girls under 18 from wearing a headscarf in public (Wikipedia). She posted a photo with the words written on her hand, and the hashtag trended on social media (same source).
Comments on Queen Elizabeth II
In September 2022 she drew attention in Norwegian media for negative comments posted after the death of Queen Elizabeth II (Wikipedia).
In short
A Somali-born Norwegian model who started #Handsoffmyhijab and became a Vogue Scandinavia editor.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Rawdah Mohamed · en.wikipedia.org
Rawdah MohamedRawdah Maxamed
- Known as one of
- Somalis abroad in public life
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
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