A woman wearing a hijab was featured on the pages of Playboy for the first time this month.
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Noor Tagouri, a 22-year-old journalist who wants to become the first anchor wearing a hijab while on television, was photographed and interview for Playboy’s “Renegade” issue.
“The biggest challenge I face as a storyteller is the process of getting people to trust you enough to tell their stories,” Tagouri said during her interview. “Our society has seemingly become so desensitized to violence, abuse, death, rape and trauma.” (RELATED: This Woman Is Playboy’s Last Nude Centerfold)
“To be honest, I think being a hijabi Muslim woman, helped me gain that trust,” she continued.
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“I know what it’s like to have the narrative of our community be skewed and exploited in the media. I was like, ‘Hey, I know what it’s like to be misrepresented in the media. I won’t do that to you. I want to tell your story because it’s important and deserves justice.'”
“I know first-hand that once people are re-empowered, they realize their own story is powerful and they begin to share. It’s incredibly rewarding and can even help enlighten or save others. (RELATED: Playboy Model Reveals What Donald Trump Was Like When She First Met Him)
She added that she ignores any criticism she gets.
“If by backlash you mean hate and criticism, I don’t read or pay attention to any of it,” she said.
“It’s just negative energy and unhealthy. I make sure to keep a great circle of people around me who keep me grounded. Whether it’s at work or at home, the people who have my best interest at heart voice their concerns and their critiques, and I work on them. Besides that, I just do the best I can to not worry about people who get upset because they don’t like something that I wear or say.”