The hijab-wearing Barbie who's become an Instagram star

[CopyBoy]

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)Barbie has had another makeover. This time as a hijab-wearing Muslim.

It was only last month that Mattel gave Barbie a dramatic transformation with a variety of skin tones and different body types, including adding curves to her impossibly slender frame.

Now a Nigerian medical scientist has taken Instagram by storm since she began posting images of a hijab-wearing Barbie doll a few weeks ago.

We are used to seeing Barbie scantily-clad in denim hotpants and skimpy tops, but with her colorful headscarves, flowing abayas and full-length couture dresses, Hijarbie is far more covered up.

cnn.com/2016/02/08/fashion/hijarbie-nigeria-student/

 

[7_Sorrows]

interesting!

 

[SuperLuigi]

Sounds like it’s the marketplace at work. About half of Nigeria is Muslim and folks there tend to be socially conservative.

 

[808Catholic]

cnn.com/2016/02/08/fashion/hijarbie-nigeria-student/

I don’t see anything wrong with this. What’s the issue???