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hijabi

American  
[hi-jahb-ee] / hɪˈdʒɑb i /

noun

  • hijabis
    plural
  1. Islam. a woman who wears a hijab when in public.


adjective

  1. Islam. (of a woman) regularly wearing a hijab when in public.

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Meet the women who are breaking boundaries and living their lives as a hijabi.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2024

"As a Muslim hijabi I did find there was a gap in recreational sports for women who look like me," she said.

From Reuters ● Aug. 26, 2023

In her previous school, Huda’s hijab defined her identity and made her stand out, but now, she’s no longer the only hijabi at her school.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2021

The apology was issued on Savage X Fenty’s official Instagram account — one of the hitmaker’s many business ventures that have made strides to be inclusive and have historically included hijabi women in their marketing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2020

The only Black girl, the only Muslim girl, the only hijabi.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

Throughout her visit this year, the poet said she noticed "way more hijabis".

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2025

The other hijabis fit right into their unique cliques — the makeup artists, the gamers, the athletes — but not Huda.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2021

One sport where hijabis are rarely found, however, is swimming—and, of anything a woman of any faith might choose to wear, it is her swimwear that may suffer the most intense scrutiny.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 9, 2019

She continues: "So even if you hate, I still wrap my hijab, wrap my hijab, wrap my hijab...Keep swaggin my hijabis, Swag-swaggin my hijabis."

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2017

But none of the hijabis I know did.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

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