Yahoo! Avatars Finally Includes Muslim Women
Those who have been following my journey will remember my previous posts discussing my disappointment with Yahoo! Avatars not including a hijab for Muslim women donning one, though many women have requested for this much needed design.
Since I felt passionate about being included as a Muslim woman wearing a hijab, in recent weeks I wrote various e-mails to Yahoo! and articles concerning the issue. I even received a couple of replies.
But I was told by a few readers that many women had already asked Yahoo! for a hijab from two years back and failed, from two years back, i.e., so I should do the same. But sorry, it doesn’t quite work that way with me, I don’t give up.
And the result? Now you can have a Yahoo! Avatar if you choose. You can stick with WeeWorld if you want. It’s your choice. At the end of the day, it was all about having a choice and not being excluded as a Muslim woman donning the hijab.
I just hope they include colours in this hijab and perhaps create another style, since I don’t plan to wear the same tanned scarf all year round!
Congratulations !
Jaffer
December 20, 2007 at 10:53 pm
O’ Unique, O’ heroine.. Bravo..
Hip hip Hooray!
Shahrzad
December 20, 2007 at 11:03 pm
Way to go Sis!
sheepoo
December 20, 2007 at 11:40 pm
Alhamdulillah
iMuslim
December 20, 2007 at 11:52 pm
Though i can’t help feeling a type of loyalty to WeeMe – just cos they respected the need for the hijab (and other religious wear – i think i saw a Sikh turban too), whereas Yahoo has been fobbing us off with phoney replies for years!
iMuslim
December 20, 2007 at 11:54 pm
Jaffer, congrats to you too, lol!
Shah, LOL, you rock sis
Sheepo, merci!
iMuslim, at the end of the day as I said in the post, it’s having that choice that matters and not being excluded alhamdulilah!
Unique Muslimah
December 21, 2007 at 12:31 am
Hooray! about time :p
Sumera
December 21, 2007 at 12:58 am
Sumera
good things come to those who…wait? lol
Unique Muslimah
December 21, 2007 at 1:15 am
Yay! Congrats Unique
'liya
December 21, 2007 at 2:50 am
Good to hear that ……. I actually love weeworld avtaars more ……… Eid Mubarak
Maryam
December 21, 2007 at 3:48 am
& Well Done sis! for not giving up.
x
Happy Eid Mubarak everyone!
:):)
Princess Peculiar
December 21, 2007 at 4:35 am
Barikallah!
I hope you don’t mind; I’ll be including this on our links tomorrow!
Muslimah Media Watch
December 21, 2007 at 4:53 am
yaaay!! hopefully, they will add new designs cuz the current one looks totally weird… no offense tu them, but.. even my pink mouse-drawn one was much better = p x.
AsianPranksta
December 21, 2007 at 7:05 am
I have created my Muslimah avatar with hijab! Shukran sister!
Zahrah
December 21, 2007 at 10:00 am
Salam sis Unique,
Jazakallah hummu khairan, more than I could say…
exzede
December 21, 2007 at 11:33 am
Salam sis Unique,
Jazakallah hummu khairan, more than I can say. It shows that the Almighty will grant our wishes provided we make enough effort to achieve it…
p/s: I accidentally hit the submit button for the earlier comment…and my web add is also wrong…oh dear oh dear…
exzede
December 21, 2007 at 11:39 am
Alhamdulillah
Salam, Nice blog
Nice to meet you
visit my blog too
Muhammad Zulfikar
December 21, 2007 at 2:14 pm
yay liya!
Thanks!
Maryam, me too, hehe
Princess, Eid Mubarak to you too dear
Muslimah Media Watch, please go ahead!
Safsaf, lool, submit it to them!
Zahra, you’re welcome
Exze…Wa iyyakum, thanks for commenting
Thanks Zulfikar!
Unique Muslimah
December 21, 2007 at 3:35 pm
eid mubarak honey!!!
and that’s great news, alhtough im sticking with weemes, they just look cuter!
hema
December 22, 2007 at 1:41 am
hahaha, well.. maybe i could try?? do you have any idea how i can do that?
AsianPranksta
December 22, 2007 at 9:23 am
hema, eid mubarak to you too!! haha, I’m sticking with weeme too
Safsaf, try emailing them
Unique Muslimah
December 22, 2007 at 3:35 pm
your avatar looks like one of those *new hijabis* LOL
youngMuslimah
December 23, 2007 at 1:58 pm
Congrats!
Achelois
December 23, 2007 at 5:08 pm
YoungMuslimah, doesn’t it? LOL, what can we do. Hopefully they’ll make different styles!
Acheloisy, thank you
Unique Muslimah
December 24, 2007 at 1:12 am
You go! I’d had the same problem, and even deleted my avater when I couldn’t find any hijab for it. Mashallah, on your persistence. Now just gotta figure out how to add one to my blog.
asiyasmom
December 24, 2007 at 7:08 pm
asiya mom, thanks
It’s easy, just create an avatar then when you’ve finished hit the home button and then look for the export button where it will do the rest for you 
Unique Muslimah
December 24, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Awesomeness!
I’m definitely hoping they come up with new styles… I’m gonna stick to WeeMee until they do! :p
AnonyMouse
December 25, 2007 at 12:37 am
Mouse, I love your weemee at the moment, I don’t think you can do that sort of thing with Yahoo, so definitely don’t change to yahoo until they sort themselves out more
Unique Muslimah
December 25, 2007 at 2:11 am
really? i didnt know that…
right now, im using avatar with a long coat and a hood, close to hijab though
rani!
December 25, 2007 at 12:05 pm
rani, you can use a hijab now too
lol have fun with it
Unique Muslimah
December 25, 2007 at 6:07 pm
YAY UNIQUE~! I’m convinced you had A LOT to do with it. Going to change my avatar on yahoo now!
Mona
December 29, 2007 at 12:50 am
As salaamu walaikum =)
Wow that is so cool that they finally have hijabs.I’ve sent this several e-mails asking them about this,but they’ve never responded.Good job,sis! ^_^
But I have just one question:How do you get the hijab.What catergory is it under on the Yahoo Avatar website…oh wait,I found it =)
Cool =) Shukran
Lina
December 29, 2007 at 9:52 pm
Thanks Mona
Lina, lol, share your avatar with me when you’ve created one
Have fun!
Unique Muslimah
December 30, 2007 at 7:58 am
Sallam allaykum, in which country do you use Yahoo? Because in Quebec, there is no muslim avatars in Yahoo …
snif.
yamaryam
May 12, 2008 at 9:33 pm
Well, I’va finally got it, thank you!
yamaryam
May 23, 2008 at 12:25 am