A young Muslim woman wearing a headscarf and “modest” dress attracted positive attention at the Oscars academy awards ceremony last Sunday.
Appearing on the red carpet, Zainab Abdul-Nabi, a student at Screen Arts and Cultures University of Michigan, earned a big applause from attendants.
She was among six college students selected nationwide to join “Team Oscar”.
The young American Muslim made it to the Oscars ceremony after participating in a video and essay competition open to US college students with a creative video that was selected by Oscar producers and the Academy.
Wearing what some may deem as a “modest” dress among holywood stars, Abdul-Nabi is considered the first ever headscarved woman to appear on the Oscars’ red carpet.
Though there are no official estimates, the US is home to an estimated Muslim minority of six to eight million.
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