Hijabi Model Halima Aden Shot Her First Ad campaign and It’s Bold and Fearless Just Like Her

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This young woman is so inspiring. Hijab-wearing model Halima Aden has broken many barriers for Muslim women in the fashion industry. First, she wore the traditional veil and a burkini to the Miss Minnesota USA pageant. She also made her debut at New York Fashion Week this year, appearing in Yeezy’s NYFW show.

Her career can’t be stopped, it seems. And this week, Halima appeared in her first ad campaign. As expected, she looks stunning.

Halima starred in a spring campaign for The Modist, an online luxury retailer that specializes in modest clothing.

Halima appears alongside fellow models Diana Silvers and Cayley King in the dreamy photoshoot, clad in floor-sweeping gowns and jackets. The campaign features designers like Mary Katrantzou, Adam Lippes, Osman, For Restless Sleepers, and Alberta Ferreti. As for the clothing, it feels super luxurious with opulent prints, rich fabrics, and metallic sheens.

Of course, Halima wears a hijab throughout. And the caftans the models are wearing are part of a limited-edition collection created in celebration of Ramadan.

Without further ado, here are some of our favorite shots of Halima from the campaign.

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This delicate print and belt combo is particularly gorgeous.

The Modist/ www.themodist.com

Here’s one of all the women looking ethereal and goddess-like.

The Modist/ www.themodist.com

It’s so incredible to follow along with Halima’s career as she takes off. She’s going to do big things!

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More than 40 migrants 'die of thirst' in Niger

Dozens attempting to reach Libya to get to Europe die of thirst as vehicle breaks down in northern Niger, officials say.

Sub-Saharan African migrants travel across the desert from Niger to Libya when trying to reach Europe [File: Joe Penney/Reuters]

Babies and women were among the 44 migrants found dead after their vehicle broke down in the desert of northern Niger while on the way to Libya, local officials said on Thursday.

Six survivors walked to a remote village where they said those they were travelling with, mostly from Ghana and Nigeria died of thirst, according to Lawal Taher, the department head for the Red Cross in the Bilma region.

The Red Cross also said it has dispatched a team to the site "to gather information" on the circumstances.

Rhissa Feltou, the mayor of Agadez, a remote town on the edge of the Sahara that has become the smuggling capital of Africa, confirmed the death toll of 44, "for now".

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The journey from Niger to Libya is a primary route sub-Saharan African migrants take when trying to reach Europe.

In one of the most perilous parts of the trip across the Sahara desert, thousands of migrants each week are crammed into pick-up trucks for the days-long ride, often with only enough room for a few litres of water.

Authorities and aid organisations say while they are able to keep track of the thousands of migrant deaths in the Mediterranean Sea between Africa and Europe, it is almost impossible to know how many have died in the vast and unpoliced Sahara.

In early May, eight migrants from Niger, five of them children, were found dead in the desert while on their way to Algeria.

In a separate incident, soldiers on patrol in northern Niger rescued about 40 migrants from various west African countries who had been abandoned in the desert by people-smugglers while travelling to Libya.

  

Tobacco kills 7 million a year, WHO says

Thursday June 1, 2017

Each year use of tobacco products kills nearly 31,000 Kenyans aged over 30 years and about 7 million people globally.

This, according to the World Health Organisation, makes tobacco use one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced.

According to the Global Adults Tobacco Survey (GATS) 2014, approximately 3 million (11 per cent of the population) adults in Kenya currently use tobacco products with majority being men (19 per cent).

At the same time, women account for five percent of smokers.

SCHOOL

The Global Youth Tobacco Survey of 2013 showed that 10 per cent of Kenyan youth aged 13 to 15 years are regular consumers of tobacco products like shisha and cigars. Most (45 per cent) of the initiation to smoking starts in school followed by the home at 30 per cent.

In a report released ahead of 'World No Tobacco Day' on Wednesday, the UN agency warned that the annual death toll of seven million people had jumped from four million at the turn of the century, making tobacco the world’s single biggest cause of preventable death.

The death toll is expected to keep rising, with WHO bracing for more than one billion deaths this century.

CHEAP TOBACCO

“By 2030, more than 80 per cent of the deaths will occur in developing countries, which have been increasingly targeted by tobacco companies seeking new markets to circumvent tightening regulation in developed nations,” it noted.

One of the reasons given for the increase in deaths is the affordability of tobacco products.
For instance, while a cigarette pack, containing 20 sticks, costs between Sh120 to Sh250, shopkeepers and street vendors across the country sell a single stick for between Sh7 to Sh10, making these tobacco products accessible and affordable, a new survey by the International Institute for Legislative Affairs last year has shown.

The total market value of cigarettes in Kenya is estimated at Sh35 billion, translating to about 7.4 billion sticks.

The situation is likely to worsen after a move by Treasury CS Henry Rotich to introduce a two-tier tax structure, which would see plain cigarettes more accessible to those who smoke. In the 2017-2018 budget statement the CS introduced a two-tier tax structure of Sh2,500 per 1,000 cigarettes with filters and Sh1,800 per 1,000 cigarettes for plain cigarettes.

LOST PRODUCTIVITY

Tobacco use also brings an economic cost: WHO estimates that it drains more than $1.4 trillion (1.3 trillion euros) from households and governments each year in healthcare expenditures and lost productivity.

In Kenya, the Ministry of Health estimates that 15 per cent of disposable income is spent on tobacco.

“The tobacco epidemic is one that no one can afford to ignore as it threatens us all,” health Principal Secretary Julius Korir said yesterday while marking this year’s World No Tobacco Day.

While launching the first national guidelines for tobacco dependence treatment and cessation 2017, Mr Korir said that there is need to introduce tobacco cessation interventions to help smokers who want to quit smoking.

Currently no cessation guidelines exist in Kenya. These guidelines require countries to implement tobacco control strategies like prohibiting smoking in public places, banning tobacco advertising and using health warnings on tobacco packaging.

The international health agency is now asking countries to put in place stringent measures to rein in tobacco.

NEGATIVE IMPACT

“Tobacco is a major barrier to development globally, but action to control it will provide countries with a powerful tool to protect their citizens and futures” noted Dr Douglas Bettcher, Director of WHO’s Department for the Prevention on NCDs.

In addition to the health and economic costs linked to smoking, the WHO report for the first time has warned that everything, from tobacco production to the cigarette butts and other waste produced by smokers, has a negative impact on the environment.

Up to 10 billion of the 15 billion cigarettes sold daily are disposed in the environment.

Burco : Labaatan ruux oo u dhimatay cudurka shuban biyoodka & xaalad deg deg ah oo la soo rogay

 

Khamiis, June, 01, 2017 (HOL) - Golaha Degaanka Burco oo kaashanaya Wasaaradaha Caafimaadka, Waxbarashada iyo Ciidammada ammaanka ayaa magaaladda Burco ku soo rogay xaalad deg deg ah oo la doonayo in wax lagaga qabto cudurka SHuban biyoodka oo faro baas ku haya magaaladda.

Xaaladdan degdega ah ayaaa ka dambeeyey ka dib markii shuban biyood soo ritay boqolaal dadweyne oo gobolkan ka tirsan,isla markaana celcelis ahaan uu maalin kasta soo ridanayo boqolkiiba sideetan qof.

Golaha deegaanka iyo wasaaradaha shaqadda ku leh caafimaadka oo shir ku yeeshay magaaladda Burco ayaa isla qaatay toban qodob oo kala ah:

1. Gobolka Togdheer, gaar ahaan degmada Burco saacada laga bilaabo in ay ku jirto xaalad deg deg ah oo caafimaad.

2. In Dawladda Hoose iyo Wasaaradda Caafimaadku wacygelin ay iska kashanayaan la laban laabo.

3. Xildhibaannada afarta waxood ee degmada waxa la siiyey baabuur u gaar ah oo ay hadh iyo habeen ku shaqeeyaan, shidaal iyo wax kasta oo ay u baahdaana loo diyaariyey.

4. Maadama xannuunku ka dhalanayo nadaafad darrada waa in la sameeyo dardargelin nadaafadeed.

5. Imtixaannaadka dugsiyada oo loo diyaar ahaa gebi ahaanba in la joojiyo oo aan la qaadin.

6. Waxa kale oo aan fasax u kala dirayaa dhammaan maalcaamadaha iyo dugsiyada madaxbannaan.

7. Farmasiiyada dhammaantood waxaannu leenahay irbad deg deg ah qofka waa lagu mudayaa, laakiin farmasii dad la dhigaa ma jiri doono.

8. Dhammaan telefiishannada Burco ka shaqeeyaa waa in ay barnaamijyadooda qayb ka siiyaan wacygelinta shuban-biyoodka

9. Cida dawada laga iibinayaa waa in ay noqoto cida caafimaad ee dawada u xilsaaran;

10. Kaantaroolada magaalada waxa la dhigayaa shaqaale u tababaran oo qofka soo gelaya iyo ka baxayaa waa la buufinayaa sida uu Maayirka Burco sheegay.

Dhinaca kale, isku duwaha caafimaadka ee gobolka Togdheer Yuusuf Dirir ayaa sheegay in illaa hadda labaatan qof u geeriyoodeen shuban biyoodka ka dilaacay magaaladda Burco.

“dadka yimid ee la soo dhigay ilaa xalay waa sideetan, marka laga reebo labaatan qof oo wixii shalay ka horeeyey u geeriyooday”ayuu yidhi isku duwaha gobolka Togdheer ee wasaaradda Caafimaadka Yuusuf Dirir.

Mar uu ka hadlayey qaabka loo xakameeyo cudurkan dilaaga ah ee shuban biyoodka waxa uu yidhi “ Sida loo xakameeya waa laba nooc, in dadka la wacyigeliyo oo dadka la tuso waxa ay iska ilaalinayaan, midna waxay tahay daaweyntii, wacyigelintu waxay tahay in marka suuliga ka soo baxay faraxal ku faraxashaan, cuntadda marka diyaarinayaan waa inay faraxashaan, meelaha cuntada lagu karinayo waa in nadaafadeeda la ilaaliyaa”.

Mar uu isku duwuhu ka hadlayey xaafadaha ay u badan yihiin shuban biyoodka waxa uu yidhi “Goobaha uu ugu badan yahay ee gobolka Togdheer waxa ka mid ah, xaafadda Sayladda, Octobar, meesha layidhaahdo machadka, waxa la odhan karaa Burco oo dhan wuu ku baahsan yahay marka laga reebo xaafada hoteel Balasa inta kale oo dad baa laga keena”

“Illaa imika lama odhan karo hoos buu u dhacay, maalina waxa imanaya boqol iyo dheeraad, maalina sideetaan, marka celcelis ahaan maalintii sideetan qof ayaa cisbitaalka la keenaa. ”

Barkhad-ladiif M. Cumar, Hiiraan Online

barkhadladiif@hiiraan.com

Hargeysa, Somaliland.