DUBAI: The importance of trees cannot be understated not only do they help to clean the air we breathe, but they also filter the water we drink, provide a habitat for hundreds of different species and help combat climate change. This is why many celebrities have made it a habit to donate trees in recent years. Among those is part-Palestinian supermodel Bella Hadid.
This week, the 24-year-old took to Instagram to share a screenshot of an email from One Tree Planted, a non-profit tree-planting organization. The screenshot shows that she had donated 200,000 trees to be planted in Peru.
“I love You Mother Nature and all that you provide. Thank you (sic),” she captioned the post.
fronts, recently starring in campaigns with brands such as Dove and Torrid. Unashamed: Musings of a Fat, Black Muslim by Leah Vernon
In an interview with
The National, Vernon admits that she isn’t your typical modest fashion blogger: “I call them the ‘perfect Instagram hijabi’. They always wear pastels or earth tones. They have the perfect husband and the perfect kids. They are the kind of folks who don’t have many worries in life. They are usually white-passing and thin. It’s sad how Muslim women have become monoliths. Muslims aren’t ‘one size fits all.’” By opening up about her personal life and challenges and sharing her musings on social media, Vernon is diversifying conversations and assumptions around Muslim women.