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Founded by two sisters in 2008, the French webzine Hijab and the City<\/a> has a unique place in the French cultural landscape. \u00a0In an interview given to the online news outlet Rue89<\/a>, one of Hijab and the City\u2019s stated goals was to \u201cgive a voice to those who are often talked about but never talked to.\u201d<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>As one blogger friend summed up succinctly, Hijab and the City is \u201ca blog for girls who happen to be Muslim and not a Muslim blog for girls.\u201d \u00a0The \u201cgirly\u201d content follows suit, with the usual rubrics one would find in a mainstream French magazine: \u00a0fashion, love, cooking. \u00a0The difference is that Hijab and the City also addresses issues of interest to Muslim women or women of Muslim culture in France, with articles like \u201c You Know Eid\u2019s Coming When..<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0Another article, \u201c Prepare Your Vacation Well<\/a>\u201d address common issues before going on vacation- how to pack, what to bring, but with a Muslim twist: readers are enjoined to find cat or dog sitters for their animals, because \u201cnot taking care of your pet all the way is mistreatment, condemned in Islam\u201d and \u201cwe all know what happened [in the hadith] to the woman who didn\u2019t feed her cat.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c Dumped by texto<\/a>\u201d is not what you would normally see on a \u201cMuslim\u201d site for girls, but\u2014newsflash, people!\u2014some Muslim girls date! \u00a0Some are more serious topics related to Muslimahs treated with aplomb, like \u201c She doesn\u2019t fast<\/a>,\u201d an examination of the reasons and justifications for those who don\u2019t fast and the people who condemn them. It asks the question, \u201cIs it really shocking for us, as Muslims and westerners, to know that someone in our family, a friend or a stranger at a cafe isn\u2019t doing Ramadan?\u00a0People who don\u2019t fast often cite the respect of their private life, but is that really the case as often we consider we have the right to say something to someone coming from the same community?\u201d\u00a0And finally, because it is a \u201cgirl\u201d blog after all, the Fashion rubric is French with a Muslim twist, with articles like \u201c Head Scarf Tutorial<\/a>\u201d \u00a0(in English, natch), but also \u201cWhat to Pack<\/a>,\u201d which could have easily been a spread in Marie Claire<\/em>.<\/p>\n

As a Muslimah and a self-fashioned tech blogger with her foot in social media, Hijab and the City impresses me. \u00a0The language and the tone of their articles is in keeping with the way young French women view their world. Unlike insta-fatwa sites run by men and straight-outta-1998 masjid websites, Hijab and the City is sets itself apart with its sleek design and \u201cweb 2.0 compliant\u201d full frontal social media platform (Facebook, Twitter and Youtube). Hijab and the City, with its decidedly French flair, is on trend and in keeping with its time, both in its platform and content.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"