LAGOS, May 4 (Reuters) – Nigerian Sherifah Yunus Olokodana looks like any Muslim woman with a veil that only exposes her eyes, but the entrepreneur who has carved a niche as a chef in Lagos is seeking to break stereotypes about hijab-wearing women in the country. Nigeria is almost evenly divided between the largely Christian […]
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Shahana Hanif – the first Muslim woman to win the New York City Council race.
Hanif won the election held yesterday in Brooklyn from Council District-39 with 89 percent of the total votes, according to the Board of Election Office. Her only opponent of the Conservative Party received 8 percent of the vote. Hanif’s ancestral home is in Chattogram’s Fatikchhari upazila. Eldest daughter of Mohammad Hanif – one of the […]