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Editorial: Perserve cultural traditions through progress

By The Ithacan February 27, 2013
Muslim women should be free to honor cultural and religious traditions while also seeking greater empowerment.
Nancy Hoque, a designer and founder of SixteenR.com, created a website to sell scarves for Muslim women. Hoque will visit campus to speak at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Handwerker Gallery.

Designer’s scarves empower Muslim women

By Megan Devlin, Staff Writer February 21, 2013
Ithaca College will host Nancy Hoque, designer and founder of sixteenR.com, an online store that sells scarves for Muslim women. Hoque will address the campus Thursday and will speak about the use of the scarf as a tool of empowerment and the evolution of Muslim women’s identities.
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